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The concept of the [[state]] as a country's supreme legal entity has become an indispensible component of political analysis. Although originally created by governments, the state has acquired a notional existence that is independent of the [[government]], [[country]] and [[nation]] with which it is associated. It has the characteristics of a [[corporation]] in its ability to enter into every form of legal and commercial transaction in the same way as an individual. | The concept of the [[state]] as a country's supreme legal entity has become an indispensible component of political analysis. Although originally created by governments, the state has acquired a notional existence that is independent of the [[government]], [[country]] and [[nation]] with which it is associated. It has the characteristics of a [[corporation]] in its ability to enter into every form of legal and commercial transaction in the same way as an individual. There have been a number of different interpretations of the term and attitudes to the concept. It was seen by [[Thomas Hobbes]] <ref>[http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html Hobbes ''Leviathan''] </ref> in the 17th century as the means of preventing the chaos of a “war of all against all”, | ||
[http://www.questia.com/read/105717112?title=The%20Rise%20and%20Decline%20of%20the%20State#] | [http://www.questia.com/read/105717112?title=The%20Rise%20and%20Decline%20of%20the%20State#] | ||
Revision as of 01:21, 24 December 2009
The concept of the state as a country's supreme legal entity has become an indispensible component of political analysis. Although originally created by governments, the state has acquired a notional existence that is independent of the government, country and nation with which it is associated. It has the characteristics of a corporation in its ability to enter into every form of legal and commercial transaction in the same way as an individual. There have been a number of different interpretations of the term and attitudes to the concept. It was seen by Thomas Hobbes [1] in the 17th century as the means of preventing the chaos of a “war of all against all”,