STATE

Features of State
Definition: State is an organization of the political sovereign power which spreads its jurisdiction over certain territory and population living on it.
Sovereign State Power
Territory
Population
Legal System
Tax System

Functions of State
Internal Functions
Protective Function
Legal Order
Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms
Regulative Function
Economic Relations
Financial Relations
Tax Relations
Social Relations
Cultural Relations
Ecological Relations
External Functions
Defense and Security
Armed Forces
Defense Infrastructure
Participation in Military Alliances
Foreign Policy and International Cooperation

Methods of state
Methods of state power fulfillment are means used by state power in order to obey it. There are traditional methods of state power as:
conviction – the use of ideological and ethic means on the will of a person and is widely used by ideologists.
enforcement – state enforcement is a psychological, financial or physical influence of state power on an individual to enforce it to act according to the system. State enforcement can be legal and illegal; the second is the tyranny of state bodies. The first is the type and measures defined by legal norms in the frame of special process.
Recommendation
Encouragement

Forms of State
Various kinds of States may be differentiated according to the following criteria:
Form of Government
Form of State Structure
Form of Political Regime

Form of Government
Monarchy
Absolute
Dualistic
Constitutional
Republic
Parliamentary
Presidential
Mixed

Forms of State Structure and Political Regime
Form of State Structure
Unitary State
Federation
Confederation
Form of Political Regime
Totalitarian
Democratic

Theories of Origin of State and Law
Theological
Patriarchal
Contractual
Organic
Psychological
Irrigational
Theory of Violence
Economic

Rule-of-Law State
Definition: Rule-of-Law State is a state the activities of which are based on the principles of law and the main purpose of which is the observance and protection of human rights and freedoms.
Attributes of Rule-of-Law State
Recognition of an individual as the highest value;
Observance and protection of human rights and freedoms;
Legality (Lawfulness);
Correspondence of the national legislation to the universal principles of international law;
Division of Power
Independent and Effective Judicial Power;
Public Control over the State Organs, Transparency;
Political Pluralism;
Economic Freedom – Inviolability and Protection of Private Property
Mutual Responsibility of the State and an Individual;
Civil Society – Society of Free, Independent, Educated, Politically Active People