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| institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| all of the things a government decides to do |
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| the power to make law and frame public policies |
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| the power to execute, enforce, and administer the law |
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| the power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society |
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unfinished body of fundamental laws which set out the principles, structures, and processes of a government
-power stems from the people in U.S. constitution |
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| form of gov't where power is exercised solely by a small group or single person |
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| form of gov't in which the powers are exercised with a majority of the people |
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-body of people
-living in defined territory
-organized politically w/ gov't
-power to make/enforce laws w/o consent of higher authority |
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| 1 of 4 qualities that define a state: supreme and absolute power within its own territories: Pennsylvania is NOT a state by this definition |
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| origins of state-The force theory |
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| idea that state came about from a single person or small group claimed control over an area and subjected inhabitants to their rules |
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| origins of state-The evolutionary theory |
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| idea that state developed out of family; one head "President" of family, became larger over years to clan, then to tribe; after turning to agriculture, tribes settled down to form states |
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| origins of state-Divine Right Theory |
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| idea that God created the state and gave those who ruled (Royal Birth) a right to rule, opposition considered treason and mortal sin; popular in Western World 15th-18th Century |
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Purposes of Government (stated in preamble)
Form a More Perfect Union |
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| Articles of Confederation formed weak union, this seeked to remedy that |
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| create and enforce reasonable, fair, and impartial laws |
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