government by consent

...The basic principle of modern democracy, that government should be based on consent, has its origins in the principles of government that have existed since medieval Western Europe. When the king was considered the foremost among his peers, conformity with the ruling will was a self-evident premise, but as royal power expanded and the estates were formed, the idea of ​​"government by consent" became more clearly asserted. In this case, consent was considered to be formed in the estates' assemblies, primarily through negotiations between the king's taxing power and the approval power of the estates.

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…統治が合意に基づくべきであるという近代民主主義の基本原理は，中世西欧以来の統治原理にその起源をもつ。王が同輩中の第一人者とされる時期には支配的な意思への合致である同調は自明の前提であるが，王権の伸張と諸身分の形成が行われるにつれて，〈合意による支配(統治)government by consent〉の観念が明確に主張されるようになる。この場合，合意は，おもに王の課税権と諸身分の承認権との交渉を通じて，身分制議会において形成されるとみなされた。…

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