Government And The State: A Consideration Of Elementary Principles And Their Practical Application - Softcover

Frederic Wood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461781697 ISBN 13: 9780461781694

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Government And The State: A Consideration Of Elementary Principles And Their Practical Application by Frederic Wood. This book presents a systematic account of political science as a science of government, stressing necessity, ends, and methods. It argues that the study of politics must combine science with art, and places ethics at the core of governmental theory. The work outlines the place of political science among sciences, its divisions into government, jurisprudence, international law and political economy, and discusses how different societies shape political institutions. It surveys the forms of government—monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy—and emphasizes that a true science of politics must adapt its institutions to the character and conditions of a people. The text then moves to the sphere of state action and to the constructive and restrictive functions of constitutions, showing how law, rights, duties, and the common welfare guide public authority. It closes with a call for rational, flexible constitutional design rooted in human rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461781697
• ISBN 13: 9780461781694
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332