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Need for Analysis of the state. Since political science is the science at the state, a clear understanding of what is meant by the term “state” is important. From the beginning of social life, humanity has lived under some form of authority. This authority has varied in its nature and has exercised its functions through … Read more
The fundamental principles that determine the form of a state are called its constitution. These include the method by which the state is organized, the distribution of its sovereign powers among the various organs of government, the scope and manner of exercise of governmental functions, and the government’s relation to the people over whom its … Read more
Development of the Legislature. In the early stages, the making of law was not an important function of government. Law was viewed as divine in origin, or as existing in long-standing customs and traditions, or as deduced by reason from fundamental natural principles. Such new laws as were made were created by rulers or magistrates … Read more
Nature of the Executive Department: In its broadest sense, the executive department consists of all government officials except those acting in a legislative or judicial capacity. It includes all the government agencies that are concerned with the execution of the state’s will as expressed in terms of the law. As thus considered, it includes. The … Read more
Evolution of the Judiciary: The judicial department’s development may be traced along with several related, yet fairly distinct, channels. 1. As to its organization: The administration of justice, which is universally regarded today as a state function, was originally a private matter, the state having no machinery for its administration. In the primitive state, disputes … Read more
Requisites of Democracy for the electorate. The strength and stability of modern states are usually attributed to the fact that they are democratic. It is argued that if the people make the laws that they obey and select the persons to administer such laws, there is the largest likelihood that general welfare will be secured … Read more
The Importance of the State. Whether the state is an end in itself or merely a means enabling individuals to attain their ends has been a much-disputed question. 1. Theories emphasizing the state: Ancient writers generally regarded the state as the highest aim of human life and as an end in itself. The usual belief … Read more
Nature of International Associations of States: When two or more states have interests in common, they may join in some form of the international association for joint regulation of their common interests. If informing the union, the states give up their sovereignty and external independence to such an extent that they cease to the states; … Read more
What the Executive branch Embraces. The second, great organ, department, or government component, the third, if we accept some writers’ view that the electorate is also an organ-is the executive. In a broad and collective sense, the executive organ embraces the aggregate or totality of all the functionaries and agencies concerned with the execution of … Read more
Nature of the Executive Power. The best constitution for the executive department and the powers with which it should be entrusted, said Judge Story, are problems among the most important and probably the most difficult of the solution of any involvement in free governments’ theory. The first of these problems have already been discussed; it … Read more