Montesquieu and Rousseau on the Legislator and the Legislative Power

• In Event: Modern Perspectives

Brief Overview

Rousseau adopts Montesquieu's attention to the classical legislator and, by merging this figure with Locke's invention of the legislative power, opens the door to more radical social reform than either of his predecessors intended.

Author

• James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College