Does law habituate republican citizens toward virtue? This article addresses the ambiguous relationship between law and civic virtue in Quentin Skinner’s interpretation of Machiavelli’s liberty. I ...

While many political philosophies are doomed to be consigned to history, over five centuries since Niccolò Machiavelli was born, his vision of a ruthless, manipulative leader is as relevant as ever.

Political Theory, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Aug., 2007), pp. 385-411 (27 pages) This essay examines the political trials through which, according to Machiavelli's "Discourses", republics should punish ...

What if Machiavelli was neither a teacher of evil, nor simply a man of his time, but rather a radical democrat who boldly broke with a centuries-old tradition of denigrating the masses? This is the ...