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The general theory of government. |
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The origin and necessity of government, the issue concerning anarchy. |
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Comparison of political or civil government with ecclesiastical government and with paternal or despotic rule. |
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The ends and limits of government, the criteria of legitimacy and justice. |
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The elements of government, authority and power, or coercive force, the distinction between de jure and de facto government. |
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The attributes of good government. |
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The abuses and corruptions to which government is subject. |
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The sovereignty of government, the unity and disposition of sovereignty. |
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The sovereign person, sovereignty vested in the individual ruler. |
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The sovereign office, the partition of sovereignty among the offices created by a constitution. |
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The sovereign people, the community as the source of governmental sovereignty. |
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Self-government, expressions of the popular will, elections, voting. |
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The forms of government, their evaluation and order. |
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The distinction and comparison of good and bad forms of government. |
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The combination of different forms of government, the mixed constitution, the mixed regime. |
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The absolute and relative evaluation of forms of government, by reference to the nature of man or to historic circumstances. |
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The influence of different forms of government on the formation of human character. |
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The ideal form of government, the distinction between practicable and utopian ideals. |
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The powers, branches, or departments of constitutional government, enumerations, definitions, and orderings of these several powers. |
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The separation and coordination of the several powers, usurpations and infringements by one branch of government upon another. |
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The relation of the civil to the military power. |
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The legislative department of government, the making of law. |
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The powers and duties of the legislature. |
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Legislative institutions and procedures. |
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The judicial department of government, the application of law. |
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The powers and duties of the judiciary. |
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Judicial institutions and procedures. |
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The executive department of government, the enforcement of law, administrative decrees. |
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The powers and duties of the executive. |
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Administrative institutions and procedures, bureaucracy and civil service. |
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The support and the expenditures of government, taxation and budget, the role of government in the economy. |
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The relation of governments to one another, sovereign princes or states as in a condition of anarchy. |
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Foreign policy, the making of treaties, the conduct of war and peace. |
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The government of dependencies, colonial government, the government of conquered peoples. |
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The relation of local to national government, the centralization and decentralization of governmental functions. |
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Confederation and federal union, the division of jurisdiction between state and federal governments. |
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Historical developments in government, revolution and progress. |
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