Legislature by Lot keyword-mannin Vivian Sobchack

Vivian Sobchack

for they already have the things that give them a claim to office

his recent films range from the Oscar award–winning drama Talk to Her to the 2011 horror film The Skin I Live In

and Marianna Torgovnick

Legislature by Lot keyword-mannin Vivian SobchackDemocracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class. The gap between the public and its public officials might seem unbridgeable in the modern world, but Legislature by Lot presents a close examination of an inspiring solution: a legislature chosen through sortitionthe random selection of lay citizens. Its a concept that has come to the attention of democratic reformers