Western Legal Tradition

When Machiavelli wrote of whether it was more important to be feared
than loved, he had definitely studied the cases brought up in this paper. He
talked of how politics and power were all that a real leader should be
concerned with, and, if he isn't how he will not be a strong leader. When
Machaivelli writes of being loved, he may have had the love for the gods in
mind, as is the case of the examples given in the assignment. The main
difference between the law and conceptions of law held by the ancient
Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, and Hebrew leaders versus rule by a band of
th…