Civil Liberties, Like the Bill of Rights, Constrain Collective Action

question 88

Essay

Civil liberties, like the Bill of Rights, constrain collective action. That is, they prevent some actions that a polity might otherwise be willing to make. Why would people design institutions that keep the government from taking actions that a decisive coalition would otherwise want to take?

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