The Origin of the State

The Origin of the State

• Speculative Theory
• Historic Theory
– Ancient Greek
– Rome
– Middle Age
– Aufklarung
– Modern

Speculative Theory
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Social Contract Theory
Theocratic Theory

Power Theory
Patriachal and Matriachal Theory
Organic Theory
Prescriptive possessionTheory
Idelistic theory

SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
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Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
J.J. Rousseau
Immanuel Kant

Theocratic Theory
• Agustinus
• Thomas Aquinas

Power Theory
• Physical Power
• Economical Power
• Political Power
Voltaire, Marx, Laski, Duguit, Jellinek,
etc.

Patriachal and Matriachal Theory
State

Tribe

Clans

Family

Organic Theory
• Moral Organic Theory
State as moral person as consequences of human

as moral creature.
• Psychis Organic Theory
The development of state similar to the
development of human intellectual
• Biologic Organic Theory
State function similar to human biological function
• Social Organic Theory
Sociology, society as social organism.

Prescriptive possessionTheory
• State from the power of the King
• The Power of the king not from god
• The Power of the King from
possession that become “jure
constitudinario”.

Idelistic Theory
• Aristoteles: State was created by God
• Grotius: The intellectual authority of
reason.