The document defines the concept of the state as a community of people occupying a defined territory, independent of external control, and possessing an organized government to which the people render obedience. It identifies the essential elements of a state as including a people living within its territorial boundaries, a territory comprising its domain, a government that formulates and expresses the state's will, and sovereignty as the state's supreme legal authority.
The document defines the concept of the state as a community of people occupying a defined territory, independent of external control, and possessing an organized government to which the people render obedience. It identifies the essential elements of a state as including a people living within its territorial boundaries, a territory comprising its domain, a government that formulates and expresses the state's will, and sovereignty as the state's supreme legal authority.
The document defines the concept of the state as a community of people occupying a defined territory, independent of external control, and possessing an organized government to which the people render obedience. It identifies the essential elements of a state as including a people living within its territorial boundaries, a territory comprising its domain, a government that formulates and expresses the state's will, and sovereignty as the state's supreme legal authority.
The document defines the concept of the state as a community of people occupying a defined territory, independent of external control, and possessing an organized government to which the people render obedience. It identifies the essential elements of a state as including a people living within its territorial boundaries, a territory comprising its domain, a government that formulates and expresses the state's will, and sovereignty as the state's supreme legal authority.
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The Concept of the
State and its
Essential Elements The Concept of the State is a community or group of persons, more or less numerous in number, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external or foreign control, and possessing an organized government to which the people render habitual obedience and respect. Essential Elements of the State PEOPLE refers to the mass of population or community of people living within the territorial boundaries of the state. TERRITORY refers to the terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domain of a state. GOVERNMENT is the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out. SOVEREIGNTY is the supreme, legal and final authority of the state