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Jurisprudence Does the Rule of Law Enhance or Limit Democracy? Introduction 2-3 What Comprises a Democracy 3-4 Models of Democracy Disputed 4-6 The Relevance of the Rule of Law within a Democracy 6-7 Conclusion: 8-9 Bibliography 9-10 Introduction The importance of understanding what form legitimate government should take is, according to Lock and Hobbes, in order to realise the "conditions for security, peace and freedom." ("Held 78) Although the concept of democracy has existed for thousands of years it has only recently reasserted itself within the United Kingdom's contemporary governmental domain. During the fifteenth to the eighteenth century "two different forms of political regime were dominant in Europe: 'the absolute' monarchies of France, Prussia, Austria...and the 'constitutional' monarchies and republics of England." (Held 70) Paradoxically, from this absolutist regime emerged a democratic government since "as the state's administrative centres became more powerful...the increase in administrative power increased the state's dependence on cooperative forms and social relations". (Held72) This founding of democracy legitimizes Locke's concern...

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