Word: montesquieuã
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...unequivocal agreement in sundry news sources like CNN, BBC News, and The Economist. Yet, they all agree on something: the coming months will be decisive for the future of Latin America. Drawing on the colonial heritage of the Iberian Empire, this region boasts a historical dependence on Baron de Montesquieu??€™s concept of executive power. And the 18 countries electing presidents this year seem to be leaning further toward what the French author would call, la gauche —the left...
Although discussions have rightly guided the Harvard College Curricular Review so far, perhaps it is to Montesquieu whom the administration should turn at this stage. History has proven Montesquieu??€™s emphasis on systems of checks and balances invaluable to America, and we believe the current University administration ought to take to heart the lessons from this country’s founding fathers. While the College—as opposed to the state—will never be governed democratically, the recent revelation that most of the proposals of the curricular review will ultimately be at the unchecked, unbalanced...
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