In this conversation from 2021, Alex speaks with Jacob Levy about Montesquieu's role in shaping contemporary political science, the American revolutionary project, and the role of the separation of powers as a bulwark against despotism. 
References
1. “Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom” by Jacob Levy
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Rationalism-Pluralism-Freedom-Jacob-Levy/dp/0198808917 
2. “The Multiculturalism of Fear” by Jacob Levy
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Multiculturalism-Fear-Jacob-T-Levy/dp/0198297122 
3. “Montesquieu’s Constitutional Legacies” by Jacob Levy
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1117087 
4. “Beyond Publius: Montesquieu, Liberal Republicanism, and the Small-Republic Thesis” by Jacob Levy
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=739447 
5. “The Spirit of Laws” by Charles Baron de Montesquieu
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Spirit-Laws-Charles-Baron-Montesquieu/dp/1616405287#:~:text=The%20Spirit%20of%20Laws%2C%20first,by%20the%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church. 
6. “Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes 
Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm 
7. “Second Treatise of Government” by John Locke
Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm

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