minimalist

pluralist

legalist

neo-classical 

minimalist view

pluralistic view

Utopian view

Marxist view

Authorities are referred to as being sovereign because no-one can make a higher decision in society.

Authorities are in the position to make the highest authoritative decisions for a part of society.

Authorities can be referred to as political decision makers.

Authorities consist of all institutions and people responsible for taking, executing and adjudicating political decisions.

Political decisions on policy matters have to do with regulating society and providing goods and services.

Political decisions made in society, relate to the way of life and living conditions in that society.

 Political decisions on structural matters involve things such as who, where, and how decisions may be taken.

Political decisions regulating society entails the protection provided by military units, the police, courts and prisons.

Ethics

Values

Responsibilities

Decisions

Res Publica is not based on the private interests of the monarchy.

Res Publica is a concept that precede the modern state.

Res Publica is a public law development which was the product of a process of modernization.

When someone is given authority, he/she must have the capability to make authoritative decisions and exercise authority.

When someone is given authority, he/she has the power, competencies and legitimacy to make authoritative decisions.

Authority is when a person is able to make someone else do something that he/she would other not do.

Authority is often defined as legalized and legitimate power.

A state is a concept that can be defined in different ways.

A state is the end product of a long process of development.

nationalistic

rationalistic

supernaturalistic