WEEK 3 - What Is The State?

Question 1

states emerged…

Answer 1

16th/17th century
- response to Catholic Church 16th C
new secular (non-governed by religious rule) authority

• response to English civil war 17th C
  emerging economic class
  new political ideas
• treaty of Westphalia 1648

Question 2

tenets of early modern state

Answer 2

• secular authority in given territory

- sovereign: supreme law making power

Question 3

state’s purposes

Answer 3

• create order and security
• defend territory
• preserve rights

Question 4

modern state 2 definitions #1

Answer 4

political legal entity with population, territory, sovereignty

Question 5

modern state definitions #2

Answer 5

government apparatus with
- legislative
- executive
- judicial
branches of power

Question 6

functions of modern state (6 branches)

Answer 6

legislative - parliament, congress
- pass laws 
executive - cabinet
- develop and enforce laws
judicial - courts
- interpret laws
administrative - bureaucracy
- to administer and provide advice on laws

Question 7

function of modern state pt. 2

Answer 7

eductional - schools and universities
- teach youth gov’t system/laws
coercive function - police, military, prisons
- monopoly of legitimate use of force

Question 8

constitutions definition

Answer 8

fundamental principles and rules by which a state is governed
- originated Aristotles taxonomy of constitutions

Question 9

Aristotle’s taxonomy chart

Answer 9

ROO. ROF. ROM.

good. Monar. Aristo. Polity.
bad. Tyranny. Oligar. Democr.

Question 10

Modern Constitutions

Answer 10

• contract between citizens and state

- French and American 18th. C

Question 11

modern constitutions origins

Answer 11

• French and american
• overthrow monarchy, aristocracy
• separate church and state

Question 12

modern constitutions determine

Answer 12

• power distribution
• decisions
• rights
• law foundations

Question 13

canadian constitution

Answer 13

1867 constitution act

• parliamentary sovereignty
• federalism (power division)
• peace, order, good government

Question 14

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Answer 14

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