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This 5 page paper reviews the function of government. The importance of law is emphasized and a distinction is made between public law and administrative law. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the government that governs least is the government that governs best. There are, however, many practical, ethical, and social obligations of government. The function of government is to
insure order. That entails the establishment and enforcement of law and penalties for failing to abide by that law. Another facet of government, of course, is insuring that
those that enforce the law do so in an ethical and just manner. In all, law is what defines appropriate actions and the optimal ethical decision-making processes.
Thomas Paine succinctly described the origin of government at occurring when a collection of people had grown too large to effectively handle problems
on a one-on-one basis. When people live in groups the naturally make rules as to what is proper and what is improper behavior. These rules evolve into laws
and government evolves so that the law can be enforced. Paine writes "The nearer any government approaches to a republic, the less business there is for a king" (2010,
10). To Paine the dangerous class is the monarchy that does nothing in terms of its countrys function. James Madison, in turn, expressed particular concern about special interest
groups, groups he calls "factions", whose interests are counterproductive to those of the community as a whole. This would be Madisons dangerous class. His ideal class is the
fit representatives of the people. Madison believed that the common citizen was too susceptible to emotion to be able to always make fit decisions. Consequently, their interests are
better protected by the political representatives that they appoint and by the government they comprise. When considering the role of government and the
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