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government
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws for a country, land area, people, or organization.
Sovereignty
Supreme authority over all things. (Ref. ‘King of kings, and Lord of lords’)
law
The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.
Social contract
an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
Natural rights
rights that man is born with and cannot be denied
Politics
Set of policies relating to governmental and legal matters
Values
a collection of guiding, usually positive principles; what one deems to be correct and desirable in life, especially regarding personal conduct.
Absolute monarchy
A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power.
Constitutional monarchy
A monarchy in which the monarch's power is limited by a written constitution.
Presidential democracy
a system of government where an executive branch exists and is separate from the legislature
Parliamentary democracy
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Dictatorship
A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small group.
Theocracy
Government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion.
Unitary system
is a sovereign state governed as a single entity. The central government is supreme, and the administrative divisions exercise only powers that the central government has no power.
federal system
A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
Confederate system
A Confederate System is a system of government that nations or states agree to join together under a central government, to which the nations or states grant certain powers.
Direct democracy
gov. ran by the people in a small country
Representative democracy
people elect representatives to represent them in gov.