POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Academic Journal, Onroute

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Patrice Dutil

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5 academic sources, 3 must come from academic journal. Due 11:59 pm - thursday night (sept. 28) Comes back to the role + nature of the government. The soldiers who have been injured in the past would receive a monthly payment for their ailments gov. says lump sum, instead, but they argued they have a. Back to jean jacques rousseau but gov. can do whatever they want as an administrative decision, But social contract is not legally binding. State = organized government w/ legitimacy to enact, impose. Treaty of westphalia as a result of 30 years of war. Wars challenging the empire 1618-1648, half of germans perished. Treaty of westphalia = a checkerboard of much smaller countries assuming borders that coincide w/ ethnicity (roughly) + borders will be respected. Gave rulers the right to govern their land free from external interference. Diplomacy, the balance of power and the very beginnings of international law.