Statement
The goal of the modern state is
to maintain order and
happiness of its citizens.
How to achieve it?
The law making body of a state, that has power to enact a public policy and make laws.
The legislature is a deliberative body where matters of social, economic, political concerns are discussed, debated and decided
In democratic states government legislate according to the public demands.
Legislature:
Functions
• Legislative• Judicial• Executive• Financial Control• Deliberative functions• Constituent Function• Control over External Relations• Expression and Reflection of Public Opinion
The law interpreting body which applies the law in the name of state.
How to achieve it?
Judiciary:
Functions
Judicial Functions
Law-making Functions
Guardianship of the
ConstitutionAdvisory
Jurisdiction
Protector of the
Fundamental Rights
Executive
•The law enforcing body of the state that has sole responsibility and authority for the daily administration of the state.
• Execution of Laws and Judicial Decision• Maintenance of Law and Order• Policy-Formation• Appointment and Promotion• Diplomatic function• Military Function• Financial and Economic Function• Welfare Function
Bureaucracy
The federal bureaucracy performs three primary tasks in
government: 1)Implementation, 2)Administration
3)Regulation
Military (Soldiers To Protect)
Background :After “Peace of West Phalia 1648”,a new concept of state security and
state survival started to emerge.
The states started to build their militaries and a trend of increasing the size of
militaries, soldiers, capabilities started.
Guards of Territory
Protection of Rights and Freedom
Emergency Services
Economic System: Money And Trade
Every economic system provides solutions to four questions:
What goods and services will be produced?
How they will be produced?
For whom they will be produced?
How they will be allocated between consumption (for present use) and investment (for future use)?
References
Politics as a Vocation (Politik
als Beruf)
Political Science Theory and Practice-
Mazhar Ul Haq
The Modern State – Christopher Pierson
Military in Modern State