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26-10-2016 | Book Review
Dominique Schnapper: The Democratic Spirit of Law
New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2016. 191 pp. $69.95. ISBN 978–141286252-3
Published in: Society | Issue 6/2016
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Abstract
Following lines first laid out by Montesquieu and Tocqueville, sociologist Dominique Schnapper argues that egalitarian societies derive their authority from the principle of consent, which entails problems earlier, tradition-bound societies did not face. These include a sense of boundless desire, difficulties transmitting moral and political standards between generations, and an intellectual inability to make clear distinctions.