Chapter 1 Vocab

the institution through which a society makes & enforces its public policies

• Government

• Supreme Court

• Education

• Laws

type of power to make laws and to frame public policies

all of the things a government decides to do

• Duties

• Tasks

• Public Policies

• Public Duties

the type of power to execute, enforce and administer laws

a form of gov’t where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people.

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Dicatorship

• Anarchy

type of power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning and to settle disputes that arise within the society

a form of gov’t where supreme authority rests with the people

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

body of fundamental laws setting out principles, structures & processes of a government

• preamble

• constitution

• laws

• rules

process by which a society decides how power & resources will be distributed within that society

• court rulings

• distribution system

• politics

• legislation

a body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, w/a government and w/the power to make & enforce law without the consent of any higher authority is?