State and nation

State and nation

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  STATE A community ofpersons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external control and possessing an organized government to which the great body of its inhabitants render habitual obedience. – James Gardner
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  INTERNAL - The powerof state, through the government to enforce its will to the inhabitants of the state EXTERNAL Independent from external control. “Independence” “A state cannot be sovereign if it is not independent” SOVEREIGNTY
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  TYPES OF NATION 1.Nation-State 2.MultinationalState 3.Stateless nation
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  Divine Right Theory - Absolutepower - Descendant of Gods - Regarded by God to govern
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  “Leviathan” “State of nature” to“social contract” Right to REVOLT
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  Aristotelian theory State asnatural institution. Like an organism that develops from simple to complex
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  EVOLUTION! Family to clanto tribe to nation to state
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  Natural inclination of mantowards political association.
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  State organized to satisfyman’s economic needs.
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  State came out intoexistence out of conquest, force or coercion. “might makes right”
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  POLICE POWER The powerof the state to enact and enforce laws and to regulate property and liberty in the promotion of the general welfare of the people. - Public heath, public safety, public morals, and the general public
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  POWER OF EMINENTDOMAIN POWER TO TAKE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE UPON PAYMENT OF JUST COMPENSENSATION
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  POWER OF TAXATION Powerof the state to impose and collect revenues for the operation of the government. The act of levying tax, the process or means by which the sovereign, through its law making body, raises income to defray the necessary expenses of the government.