%0 Journal Article %T El reto de la democracia ante el despotismo: Benjamin Constant y Alexis de Tocqueville %A Cort¨¦s Rodas %A Francisco %J Estudios Pol¨ªticos %D 2012 %I Universidad de Antioquia %X this article is based on the research of how constant and tocqueville correlate democracy and rule of law or with a form of political organization based on the division of powers and on legality; when the said correlation is not brought about in a reasonable way then democracy turns into its opposites: tyranny, dictatorship and despotism. %K benjamin constant %K alexis de tocqueville %K democracy %K despotism %K dictatorship %K freedom. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-51672012000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en