freedom. John Locke Although John Locke is not the progenitor of social contract theory and is not by any means the last philosopher to wrestle with this concept, his views on fiduciary power, majority consent and limited government have been instrumental in western political thought from the time of the publication of his Two treatises of government to the present day. Locke's writings refute the notions both of the divine right of kings and absolute government by arguing that peoples' destiny should be determined by majority will. In Locke's view this can only be achieved by what he defines as limited government, an overarching framework which allows the people to amend or even dissolve a legislature if it is perceived to break the trust placed in it by the majority. In order to understand the emergence of societies and the concept of limited
An analysis of the problem of Political Power Written by: Katre Kikkas Introduction It is said that in the political philosophy there are only two questions: ,,Who can have what?" and ,,Who will decide over it?". It is not exactly like that but it is quite close to the trough, to begin with. The first question includes material amenity's, and dividing rights and liberties.(Wolff, 1996) What is power? It is ability to influence others to do something they otherwise would not. Also, others can be affected with threats and force. (Kilp, 2010) Political power includes also right to force the others and to punish them if
to administer property (vara haldamine) - to manage some kind of property (bussiness, land, building, real estate) family law (perekonnaõigus) - an area of the law that deals with matrimonial matters and domestic relations (marriage, civil unions, child abuse, divorce, adoption) unjust enrichment (alusetu rikastumine) - when a person unfairly gets a benefit by chance, mistake or another's misfortune legal remedies (õiguskaitsevahendid) - the way a right is enforced by a court of law when wrongful act is imposed upon another individual procedure (menetlus) - the official and proper way of doing things in a legal case in certain way or order victim (ohver) - a person who has been attacked, injured, robbed, or killed by someone else. beyond reasonable doubt (väljaspool mõistlikku kahtlust) - the standard that must be met by the prosecution's evidence in a criminal prosecution: that no other logical explanation can be derived
by them in good faith) 2. Equal rights and self-determination of peoples (lot of problems with self-determination, many believe that this means that every nation can have their own independent state, self-determination in another state, autonomy; a fully independent state is only allowed if the nation is very repressed in a state, e.g. in Kosowa?, others are not recognized, even de facto states are not recognized sometimes. Self-determination means that nation has the right to freely exercise their culture and language) 3. Sovereign equality and independence of all States (all countries are equal in front of law, since the collapse of the colonial system) 4. Non-interference in the domestic affairs of States (all countries can decide what to do on their territory, others cannot dictate this, but sometimes it can contradict with the 7 th principle) 5. The prohibition of the threat or use of force 6. Peaceful settlement of international disputes 7
Prescriptive law – prescribe how people ought to behave Descriptive law – describes the way people or natural phenomena behave Break the law – do something illegal Penalty – punishment Government – system by which a state or community is controlled Law – the system of rules System of courts – all judicial institutions Enforce – to make people obey the law Authority – a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity /the moral or legal right or ability to control Prescribe – to tell someone what they must have or do, or to make a rule of something Impose The word law can have several meanings, it can be divided into prescriptive and descriptive law. Descriptive law – describes the way people or natural phenomena behave, e. g. law of gravity Prescriptive law – prescribe how people ought to behave e.g. speed limits In all societies relations between people are regulated by prescriptive law; customs (informal
Loss - when you no longer have something or have less of something International law - the set of rules that most countries obey when dealing with other countries Operating law the set of rules that one country and its people obey Legal system an area ( of countries) that follow the same kind of rules???? Retelling Explain and retell the text! Not examples, but the terms and expressions. Think about the terms, play with the terms, and put them into right contexts. 7 terms! Think about the structure! Introduction body conclusion = well structures. NO new information in the conclusion! 2 ways to classify the courts: By their functions and by their levels. When to apply the European Court of Justice? When it has to do European Law and EU. And when there is a pending case (pooleliolev kohtuasi), the courts here (ex in Estonia) can ask the European Court of Justice for advice. The decision to prosecute · Who
Poe supported the agrarian democracy. The agriculture of Virginia has been declining for decades, because tobacco had exhausted the land. As a result farmers became very poor, they were forced to move. Virginia the land of decay. One of the dominant moods was that of decadents and pessimism. Poe had neither land, slaves he was poor. Poe defended slavery, he defended the right of poverty. He regarded abolitionism as an attack on property. He was very sceptical about democracy, he believed that in America it meant mobrule (rule of crowds). Yet he thought he belonged to upper class of society. Southern chivalrick idea the famous southern myth (the southerners believed that they're somehow superior to the northerners, Yankees.) 1. His admiration for human intellect on the one hand and a sense of its tragic impedance 2. The highly logical structure
vaid ühel poolel. Humanistid, Erasmus: kristlik patsifism - sõda on loomalik, halb, mittekristlik, aga türklaste vastu võib sõdida. Machiavelli: iga kaitsesõda on õiglane. Ka ründajal on õigus rünnata. Ennetav sõda on õiglane, kui on ründeoht. 6. Hugo Grotiuse loomuõiguslik õiglase sõja doktriin Loomuõigus tähendab inimese vaatlemist väljaspool riiki rahvusvaheline õigus. Inimloomusel on 2 põhiinstinkti: enesesäilitamine ja sotsiaalsus. Rahvusvahelise õiguse reeglid peavad tagama pikaajalise kasu. Ei tohi lähtuda hetkekasust. Peab valitsema õiguste ja kohustuste korrelatsioon. Suveräänidel on universaalne karistusõigus kogu maailmas. Metodoloogilised küsimused 1. Ideedeajaloo uurimise metodoloogilised põhisuunad · Tekstuaalne meetod (A. Lovejoy): Tekstuaalsest meetodist on välja jäänud ajaloololine kontekst, autori motivatsioon oma mõtete, ideede avaldamiseks ja ajalis-keelelised eripärad.
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