FCLE Review Complete Review Solution

FCLE Review Complete Review Solution 1 / 3 1. Social Contract An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed. Citizens give up their governance to a body in return for certain protections...and they retain the right to change that form of government. John Locke. 2. John Locke English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property. 3. Charles de Montesquieu 4. Checks and Balances 5. Separation of Powers 6. Limited Government A French Enlightenment thinker who expanded on John Locke's beliefs. He added the judiciary aspect to the executive and legislative aspects Locke had. He also wrote about separation of powers. Checks and balances between branches of government. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution. CONTINUES...