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Political and economic liberalism
criticism of the old regim
Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau
more radical criticisms that led to liberalism.
liberals developed a radical opposition
to the Old Regime
liberals criticised different aspects.
legal inequality of the estate system
survival of a feudal economy
power of absolute monarchs and the Church.
survival of manorialism
ideas of political liberalism
Old Regime was heavily criticised
a group of ideas formed around
political liberalism.
Equality of people before the law
the abolition of all privileges
existence of unalienable individual rights.
the right to life
freedoms regarding issues and areas,
press, printing, education, assembly
division of powers.
division into three powers
the executive
exercised by the government
the legislative
exercised by parliament
the judicial
in hands of the courts
Sovereignty resides in the nation
Based on the parliamentary political tradition
teachings of Rousseau
people should govern themselves
through their representatives in Parliament
by voting.
proposed a representative political power.
triumph of these principles
people would no longer be
serfs
subjects
they become citizens
ideas of economic liberalism
also influenced the field of economics
particularly
individual property
greater freedom to trade
defended the freedom of the individua
to produce and buy
within a free market
own private property.
liberals believed that
role of public power should be reduced
to mediating in economic relationships
state should not intervene
as the law of supply and demand
in a free market
would determine
what to produce
how much to produce
at what price
