Western Civ II Questions: Week 13

As I prepare to write a post concerning Western civilization, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if you wish, this will likely come up in my next or previous post and might interest you further.

The American Revolution - The French Revolution

(mid - late 18th century America & Europe)

• What is legal positivism? What is wrong with legal positivism and why was Hames Otis right to speak against legal positivism?

• What is the difference between the British and American constitution? Which one is more functional and why?

• What was wrong with the French voting system around the time of the French Revolution? Does the US have a better voting system today?

• How did the French Revolution influence the rest of Western civilization?