Forms of Government
Forms
of Government
Monarchy
·
The supreme and final authority is in
the hands of a single person without regard to the source of his election or
the nature or duration of his tenure
1.
Absolute monarchy: the ruler rules by divine right
2.
Limited monarchy: the ruler rules in accordance with a constitution
Aristocracy
·
Political power is exercised by a few
privileged class
Democracy
·
Political power is exercised by a
majority of the people.
1.
Direct or pure democracy: the will of the State is formulated or expressed
directly and immediately through the people in a mass meeting or primary
assembly rather than through the medium of delegates or representatives chosen
to act for them
2.
Indirect, representative or republican democracy: the will of the State
is formulated and expressed through the agency of a relatively small and select
body of persons chosen by the people to act as their representatives
De Jure
·
General
support of its people and is founded on existing constitutional laws of the
state.
De Facto
·
Founded
not on existing constitutional laws of the state.
1. De facto government by
usurpation: gets possession and control of, or usurps by force, or by voice
of the majority, the rightful government and maintains itself against the will
of the latter.
2. De facto government by
insurrection: established as independent government by the inhabitants of a
country who rise in insurrection against the parent state
3. De factor government by
invasion: established and maintained by military force which invades and
occupies a territory of the enemy in the course of war, and which is dominated
by a government of paramount force
