State, Government Flashcards
4 things that defines state
Community of persons more or less numerous
Permanently occupying a territory
Free from external control
Possesing an organized government
4 elements of the state
People
Territory
Government
Sovereignity
Definition of Government
Government is an agency through which the will of state is impelmended
What is the will of the state?
Law
Fundamental rights of the state
The right to exist as an independent and sovereign state
Rights to property and domain
Rights to self-preservation
Rights to justification
Rigths to legation
Right of justification
Excersice power over all things and people withing the territory of the state
Right of legation
Established diplomatic ties with other states
Fundamental of powers
Police power
Eminent power
Power of taxation
Police power
Regulate freedom and property rights
Pass laws to protect public health, safety and welfare
Power of eminent domain
To take over private things for public use
3 function of government
Rule making
Rule adjucation
Rule execution
What laws are they making?
Constitutional
And statutes
