Golovko, Y.M. Mixed government, rule of law and protection of property: criteria of jural state for John Adams

Abstract: The Enlightenment Age, to which the 2nd President of the USA John Adams belonged, attempted to find universal principles for the interaction of civil state and society. The article includes analysis of his writing on “Protection of the Constitutions of the USA” (1786). Where he singled out two types of republic — free and non-free. He recognized a free republic as a jural state, which equally protects the people and their fundamental rights, which is possible in case of supremacy of law and protection of private property. These matters, in turn, require such prerequisites as mixed government, which allows balancing the various interests of social groups.

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