JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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His overview of English law helped the Founding Fathers for laws in the US Constitution.
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His theories in the purpose of punishment in the judicial system empowered the American court system.
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His views of the role of the executive branch in our legal system helped shape the first American police force.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Commentaries, published from 1765-1769, quickly came to influence American law, including the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The division of powers in the U.S. Constitution and other American laws reflect the Commentaries, often very closely.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England. Born into a middle-class family in London, Blackstone was educated at Charterhouse School before matriculating at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1738.
Detailed explanation-3: -He evidently regarded the law of England as the rules of action or conduct imposed by a superior power on its subjects. He propounded the doctrine that municipal laws derive their validity from their conformity to the so-called law of nature, or law of God.
Detailed explanation-4: -Blackstone says “law in its most general and comprehensive sense signifies a rule of action and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action whether, animate, rational, irrational.