Blacks Law - 4th Edition
DESPOTISM
DESPOTISM. That abuse of government where
the sovereign power is not divided, but united in
the hands of a single man, whatever may be his
official title. It is not, properly, a form of government.
Toullier, Dr.Civ.Fr. tit. prel. n. 32;
Rutherf. Inst. b. 1, c. 20, § 1.
"Despotism" is not exactly synonymous with
"autocracy," for the former involves the idea of
tyranny or abuse of power, which is not necessarily
implied by the latter. Every despotism is
autocratic; but an autocracy is not necessarily
despotic.
DESPOTISM. That abuse of government where
the sovereign power is not divided, but united in
the hands of a single man, whatever may be his
official title. It is not, properly, a form of government.
Toullier, Dr.Civ.Fr. tit. prel. n. 32;
Rutherf. Inst. b. 1, c. 20, § 1.
"Despotism" is not exactly synonymous with
"autocracy," for the former involves the idea of
tyranny or abuse of power, which is not necessarily
implied by the latter. Every despotism is
autocratic; but an autocracy is not necessarily
despotic.