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the Republic of Venice ... city-state constructed a political system based firmly on the principle of countervailance
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The toleration of an aberrant religion means that its adherents are left free to preach, publish and organize. Where such freedoms exist for religious groups, the cannot be effectively denied to citizens who have other agendas. ... During the eighteenth century, the countervailance model of British government was embraced by all the major writers on the subject. It appears to have been generally accepted until Walter Bagehot and A.V. Dicey initiated in the nineteenth century a reinterpretation of the English constitution in terms of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.
- ↑ Negretto, Gabriel L.; Sánchez-Talanquer, Mariano (2021). "Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900–2015". American Political Science Review. 115 (2): 522–536. doi:10.1017/S0003055420001069. ISSN 0003-0554. S2CID 232422425.
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