What is Democracy
Although the word democracy, in Greek, means "rule by the people", there is much disagreement universally over the precise requirements of democracy.1. Ecclesia composed of all male citizens who met 40 times a year to decide everything. * Exclusivity, because there were three slaves for every two Athenians (and because women were excluded) * Scale, because direct democracy only works for very small populations. Clisthenes (instituted reforms in Athens between 508 and 501 BCE) * Although property ownership remained a requirement to participate in the decision-making process, he enlarged the citizen rolls, diminished the power of the aristocracy, and elevated the role of the assembly. * He divided Athens and the surrounding area into precinc
* Next oligarchy, based on the love of wealth. 4. He is the Father of Individualism. Definition of Law: "Law is a general covenant of the whole State, in accordance with which all men in that State ought to regulate their lives."
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