Tyrannophobia /

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Author / Creator:	Posner, Eric A., 1965- author.
Imprint:	[Chicago, Illinois] : Law School, University of Chicago, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (33 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Public law and legal theory working paper ; no. 276 Public law and legal theory working paper ; no. 276.
Subject:	Dictatorship. Phobias -- United States. Political culture -- United States. Constitutional law -- United States. Constitutional law. Dictatorship. Phobias. Political culture. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8976890

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Other authors / contributors:	Vermeule, Adrian, 1968- author.
Notes:	"September 2009." Includes bibliographical references. Title from online title page (viewed February 25, 2013).
Summary:	"Tyrannophobia - the fear of dictatorship - is a dominant theme in American political discourse. Yet dictatorship has never existed in the United States or even been likely.The hypothesis that tyrannophobia itself has prevented dictatorship from occurring is implausible; better evidence exists for alternative hypotheses. We conclude that tyrannophobia is an irrational political attitude that has interfered with, and continues to interfere with, needed institutional reform."

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