Evolution of Democracy and the Athenian Constitution

Modern democracy and the development of the Athenian constitution are defined as the people's government. In order to better understand everything democracy needs, we must consider its origin. The truly amazing thing is that even today, there are tyranny and dictatorship in the world and the ancient Athenians have developed functional and direct form of democracy more than 2,500 years ago. This article will examine this as to what contributed to this amazing achievement and how it changed Athens' social and political field.

The first democracy we recorded was democracy practiced in ancient Athens. As a historical author, Aristotle wrote that Athens' Constitution "(350 BC) wrote democracy only for the Athenians to establish and maintain the very monopolistic group's power. A minority among the socially traditional general population. In all respects, the Athenian Constitution is an oligarchic regime. The poor class is a rich calf. They cultivated land for rich and paid rent. The whole country will go to the hands of nine magistrates elected according to birth and wealth qualifications. These dominant magistrates have done their lives for a lifetime, except ten years after their term of office. Over time, this concept of Greek democracy was put on hold to support the draw

Denmark's Copenhagen - Athens lecturer Demosthenes in Athens in the 4th century BC that the difference between Athens democracy and Sparta's oligarchy regime is that Athens can criticize the Sparta Constitution and criticize Athens while in Sparta Stated. Praise that other constitutions are forbidden. This touchstone also applies to democracy after more than 2000 years. But for true liberal democracy it is equally important that nobody, especially public institutions, can decide the truth in political discussion or public debate.

Some of the characteristics of Athens' democracy involve the development of the Constitution with a fixed law. People do not dominate the people of Athens, but they obey the legal information that Athens must protect. Democracy in Athens covers only equality fairness of men. Other citizens of Athens, such as women and slaves, do not have any rights. This type of document is a government document, Athen's constitution. This document is quoted from the Constitution. This document specifies how the Athenian voting system works. The purpose of this document is to show how democracy works. Democracy is based on the law and the natural rights of the people. No one dominates democracy. Therefore, democratic citizens who are qualified citizens have the right to vote.