Question: Public Law II Exam Alternative - How does a critical awareness of modern power relations help us to better understand the problems of modern democracy?
Public Law Second Year - 70%
Answer: Pericles as an Athenian statesman purported to design a community in which all citizens contributed to nurturing a common ‘civic virtue’ which intertwined ‘private’ and ‘public’ rights and obligations so that the pursuit of ‘ethics and politics’ derived from devotion to the political community. The overriding principle of ancient Athenian government was direct participation in public affairs. Insofar as citizenship entailed political participation in the affairs of the state, the polis commanded ‘obedience’ to its collectively devised rule of law and various constitutional procedures. From these fundamentals transpired rules barring hereditary entitlement to positions of power based on property qualifications, since advocating shorter terms of office, and advancing participation in the adjudication of the law of the land as a juror secured the realisation of each citi...(short extract)
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- Subject: Law
- Course: Public Law
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 70%
- Words: 1997
- Date submitted: December 05, 2020
- Date written: November, 2019
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 8884
