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... organizations , and that political organization involves rights and duties of an imperative nature , provides us with the subject matter of our present topic . Our subject is the state . Our problem is the justification of its claim to ...
... organizations , and that political organization involves rights and duties of an imperative nature , provides us with the subject matter of our present topic . Our subject is the state . Our problem is the justification of its claim to ...
Page 376
... organization which a society can exhibit . Government is an organization , within society , whose function is to make and administer the laws . A government may be elective or hereditary ; again , it may be by one man or many men ...
... organization which a society can exhibit . Government is an organization , within society , whose function is to make and administer the laws . A government may be elective or hereditary ; again , it may be by one man or many men ...
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... organization of society . In the political organization of society one is con- fronted , largely , with matters of tradition — prescription is his word matters of slow growth and gradual change : - ― From Magna Charta to the Declaration ...
... organization of society . In the political organization of society one is con- fronted , largely , with matters of tradition — prescription is his word matters of slow growth and gradual change : - ― From Magna Charta to the Declaration ...
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