State power is a concept familiar to a citizen of any country. We encounter this term both during training at a secondary school or institute, and in ordinary life, when a solution to a particular problem is necessary. How did the basic principles that became the basis for managing such a community, which is the state?
Today there are more than 250 countries. Some of them number more than one millennium of their history, others have already appeared in the modern world. Talking about which state can be called the most ancient today is impossible, since exact historical documents have not been preserved. As for the main conditions of their internal structure, each has its own path of development of power and the principles of its operation. This is what will be discussed below.
Of course, one of the key concepts in considering this issue is such an aspect as signs of state power. What are they? Traditionally, in social science and jurisprudence it is customary to highlight several key features. As follows from the provisions of administrative law, state power is a separate structure, which is intended for the social management of this territory (country).
It is carried out using various public institutions and methods. Among them are norms and laws, beliefs or forceful influence on society. As the dominant criterion by which state power is determined, this is the prevalence of one will over another. The bearer of such a dominant can be either one person or a collection of influential people.
State power in the form in which we are accustomed to understand it has most clearly manifested itself in Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. It was from the history of these countries that we became aware of how, at the dawn of history, the discussion of issues related to public amenities proceeded, which guided the representatives of the ruling strata. Roman law today is considered one of the most harmonious and competent systems of political management of the country's internal life.
As for Russia, the state power in our country has undergone a number of metamorphoses. Beginning its history, as an extremely fragmented, patrimonial feudal principality, each of which was guided by its own rules, Russia turned into one of the strongest countries on the world map. Today, the political structure of the Russian Federation is based on several basic principles. State power is a trinity of legislative, executive and judicial bodies. Moreover, the concept itself can be interpreted in two senses:
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Power can be considered as a public institution reflecting and regulating the main aspects of the domestic and foreign political life of the country. In other words, the right and opportunity to create laws or other administrative acts, as well as to exercise control over their implementation. This is the legal meaning.
- The political science value of the ruling sphere is reflected in the following: state power is a public administration, as such, the competence and composition of its representatives - this will be a political science sense.
