POLS 3135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Precedent, The Alteration, Aristocracy
13 Sep 2016
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One of the most distinctive features of our modern society is found in the social institution of the state. What are the distinctive features of this modern state? o. There are no clear boundaries to a society. Have political apparatuses and organized government institutions: they have ways of changing laws, governments, and policies, we have bylaws, different levels of government. Has rules that take place over a specific population and territory: has a very clear distinction of its borders in which law applies, ex; we cross into the united. Constitution has no value: limits to the rules and power to protect or punish you if you"re somewhere else, even if you"re a canadian citizen. Disputes and decisions are settled by the. Has a legal system that is backed up family or kin groups, or by larger tribal structures headed by a chief with the support of a council: ex; traditional structures in an.
