Socsci Constitution

is define as a community of persons more or less numerous living in a definite territory posses a government and entirely free from external control

elements of a State

means supreme and final legal authority above and beyond which no legal power exists

means that the state is supreme over its citizens and associations

means that the state is independent and free from foreign or outside control

Characteristics of Sovereignty

The power to enact laws for the promotion of public safety and order

The power to exact proportional contribution from the people to defray the cost of governmental expenditures

The power to take private property for public use upon payment of just compensation

the organization that people set up to protect their community and enforce its rules