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CHAPTER 12 Introduction to Political Theory Political philosophers conceive of the nature of the state in forms that will confor ...

112 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State where one of the tenets calls for the “withering away of the state,” ...

Introduction to Political Theory 113 state—except one. Sovereignty is that quality which makes a state a power unto itself. Sove ...

Bodin’s concept of sovereignty, and we shall examine some of them. First is the concept of dualism. Dualists believe that sovere ...

Introduction to Political Theory 115 that even though the “people” are not organized, that although the “people” have no formal ...

as the sovereign, then the family would fit the description given earlier of a state. It would grow by the joining of many relat ...

Introduction to Political Theory 117 mind, his ability to reason, to discuss and to implement. In short, men recognized the need ...

118 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State with the organic theory, the differences will be apparent. In the or ...

CHAPTER 13 Law: Understanding the Rule of Reason How many times have we heard the phrase, “There ought to be a law.” Usually we ...

one is enacting the law he will live by. When one considers transgressing the laws he has determined to be right or wrong, consc ...

Law 121 have the authority of the state behind them and are all equally valid. Those laws exercised when the state assumes the r ...

122 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State develop a modus operandi to facilitate achieving one of their import ...

Law 123 be reconciled? Both parties, sooner or later, must realize that the issue will not be settled between them. Perhaps, in ...

124 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State The most basic law is the law of constitutions. Constitutions are cr ...

Law 125 which combine to produce not only law, but a spirit, an ethic, a reservoir of knowledge, a national character into which ...

126 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State shot, or that the society do absolutely nothing about the problem. R ...

CHAPTER 14 Problems of Government: Five Great Issues Living in a state, as with living in a family, poses many problems, and the ...

128 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State To synthesize Lipson’s ten chapters into a brief introduction to the ...

Problems of Government 129 Race: This concept is manifest in such terms as “The White Man’s Burden,” “The Master Race,” “The Ch ...

130 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State person’s soul, the body as the temple of the soul, and all men as br ...