Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs
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Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs is a major 19th‑century liberal treatise by Benjamin Constant that systematically sets out the principles and limits of representative government and individual freedoms.
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Target entity: Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs Context triple: [Benjamin Constant, notableWork, Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs]
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Considerations on Representative Government
Considerations on Representative Government is a political philosophy treatise by John Stuart Mill that analyzes and defends representative democracy as the most effective and just form of government.
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A Fragment on Government
A Fragment on Government is an influential 1776 political treatise by Jeremy Bentham that critiques William Blackstone’s Commentaries and lays early foundations for utilitarian legal and political theory.
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An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States is an 1814 political treatise by John Taylor of Caroline that offers a states’ rights, agrarian, and anti-Federalist critique of the U.S. Constitution and federal power.
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Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement
"Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement" is the original French subtitle of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's seminal 1840 anarchist and socialist treatise commonly known in English as "What is Property?".
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The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
"The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained" is an alternate title for Federalist No. 40, an essay by James Madison defending the authority of the Constitutional Convention to propose the U.S. Constitution.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs Target entity description: Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs is a major 19th‑century liberal treatise by Benjamin Constant that systematically sets out the principles and limits of representative government and individual freedoms.
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A.
Considerations on Representative Government
Considerations on Representative Government is a political philosophy treatise by John Stuart Mill that analyzes and defends representative democracy as the most effective and just form of government.
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B.
A Fragment on Government
A Fragment on Government is an influential 1776 political treatise by Jeremy Bentham that critiques William Blackstone’s Commentaries and lays early foundations for utilitarian legal and political theory.
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C.
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States is an 1814 political treatise by John Taylor of Caroline that offers a states’ rights, agrarian, and anti-Federalist critique of the U.S. Constitution and federal power.
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D.
Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement
"Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement" is the original French subtitle of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's seminal 1840 anarchist and socialist treatise commonly known in English as "What is Property?".
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E.
The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
"The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained" is an alternate title for Federalist No. 40, an essay by James Madison defending the authority of the Constitutional Convention to propose the U.S. Constitution.
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Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | political treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
conditions for legitimate representation
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relationship between citizens and representatives ⓘ safeguards for individual rights ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend individual freedoms against governmental overreach
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define principles of legitimate political authority ⓘ |
| author | Benjamin Constant ⓘ |
| authorFullName |
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque
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linked to:
Benjamin Constant
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| authorNationality | Swiss-French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describedAs | major 19th-century liberal treatise ⓘ |
| discusses |
civil liberties
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constitutional limits ⓘ political rights ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
limits of representative government
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principles of representative government ⓘ protection of individual freedoms ⓘ |
| genre | political theory ⓘ |
| hasForm | systematic treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
modern liberal constitutional thought
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theory of representative democracy ⓘ |
| hasReputation | foundational text of liberal representative theory ⓘ |
| intellectualContext |
Restoration-era France
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linked to:
Restoration France
post-French Revolution political debates ⓘ |
| intendedScope | all representative governments ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
individual liberty
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liberalism ⓘ limits of state power ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ representative government ⓘ |
| movement |
French liberalism
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liberalism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
legal philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | classical liberalism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork | De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes ⓘ |
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Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs
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