Westphalian sovereignty

statement is packed with reference to historical treatment and intent of American Indian treaties, acknowledgement of the continued power of treaty making in the present and the lasting social, economic, legal and strategic impacts of reclaiming sovereignty. These sentiments reveal that treaty making has had an extensive effect on the daily lives, both past and present, of countless American Indians as well as American ideology and law. Throughout…

Sovereignty is an important concept in International Relations. Before, the concept of sovereignty is formally introduced, it is important to mention that the word ‘state’ and ‘country’ will be interchangeably used in this context. Sovereignty can be referred to as the independent authority over a territory (country or state). States can be said to be sovereign if there is no authority in the form of an international organization or supranational entity to tell them what to do. Examples in this…

The introduction of “Rebels without Borders” starts with a quote from Max Weber, “The state is a human community that claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a given territory” It goes without saying that the rebel organizations - a human community - are not based on this principle. I want to emphasize that this critical response is based on the book's introduction, my critical arguments may be specified later in the same book, but, I will focus on talking about the topics…

PS4217F Major Political Thinkers: Hobbes Assignment 1: What are the main strengths and weaknesses of Hobbes’ theory of civil order? Name: Denise Cher Yan Wen Matriculation Number: A0127001A Word Count: 1887 Introduction Hobbes’ theory of civil order is based on the fundamental law of nature, which is to seek peace (Hobbes 2012, 200). According to Hobbes, to seek peace is necessarily to seek peace in the condition of war, and justice is therefore a legal compliance with the terms of the…

The Leviathon was written as a political fiction establishing the notion of a political community, establishing itself coherently with the social contract argument, which is “a clear device that connects three aspects of political theory: a specific view of human nature… of problems that would arise in the absence of political authority … of government best suited to solve such problems” . Hobbes addresses all three, which we will see by answering the problematique: How does Hobbes justify…

come as no surprise that their theories of sovereignty bear some similarities. How a sovereign comes into power depends largely on the circumstances. Both Schmitt and Hobbes find that conflict is what will bring people to commit to a sovereign. Once a sovereign takes power the he must maintain the promises he told the people that sacrificed their freedom for him to rule. Though Schmitt and Hobbes have their fair deal of similarities when it comes to sovereignty, ultimately Schmitt has a more…

One of the most frequent criticisms of Hobbes’s Leviathan is that the powers of the Sovereign are too sweeping, too potentially tyrannical, for the Commonwealth to be any less terrifying than the State of Nature. (Let us briefly note that Sovereign may refer to one individual who is sovereign or a sovereign body, as dependent upon the Contract formed which created the Sovereign in the first place). Yet, Hobbes was not unwise to this criticism, and indeed, addressed this within the bounds of…

Introduction Defining global citizenship is not as easy as it may seem. According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, the term "global" is defined as "covering or affecting the whole world." The term "citizenship" is defined as "the legal right to belong to a particular country," "the state of being citizen and accepting the responsibilities of it." Putting together the two definitions "global citizenship" would mean, the legal right to belong to a particular country, here the whole world…

In his work Leviathan, Hobbes likens the state of nature to a state of war, a brutal, continuous conflict ending only in untimely death. He contends that while through reason humanity is able to develop certain laws of nature conducive to peace, human nature is incapable of abiding by such rules. He goes on to suggest that a commonwealth is the solution by which such precepts can be enforced. However, by examining both Hobbes’ argument as well as the objections to his view, one can see how…

Absolute monarchs and democracies are both types of government, however there are some major differences that set the two apart. In absolute monarchies the people have little to no power to influence governmental decisions. In Document 1: This illustration depicts the government of France from the mid-1600s to the early 1700s, the absolute ruler appears to be King Louis XIV. He is looking down upon his subjects, the nobles, as they kneel before him. When Louis ruled over France, he chose the sun…