The political thinker Gaetano Mosca is best known as one of the founders of elite theory, but a common misconception is that he believed the powerful could do whatever they want. In reality, Mosca believed that juridical defense, the guarantee that a citizen would be protected from arbitrary power, is central to a good society. We will discuss the nature of juridical defense and how it checks the power of the elite in a just society.

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