Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1159270 | History of European Ideas | 2006 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
From this perspective Filangieri set out to force a clean break between the technical horizons of mercantilism and enlightened absolutism and a society based on civil rights, a fair distribution of wealth and resources, and free trade. Proper 'scientific' knowledge of the rules and principles of legislation would allow governments to balance out the natural and cultural factors that characterise individual states, and to identify the appropriate model for social and economic development. If all states acted on their proper interest, international free trade and peaceful competition between states would emerge and the potential for general economic growth be materialised. Thus, the natural equilibrium and 'universal consensus' among nations could be restored.
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Authors
Maria Teresa Silvestrini,