Concepts of

State and
Government
JEFFREY AL. LUCERO, AHScEd, BScN, MAEd, MPMG, CSE, CHNS, RN
Assistant Professor

Meaning of State

A state is a community
of persons more or less
numerous, permanently
occupying a definite
portion of territory,
having a government of
their own to which the
great body of inhabitants
he render
Philippines
is
a
state.
obedience, and
enjoying freedom from
external control.

lements of State

People
The mass
of the
populatio
n living
within the

People
answers the
question, who
governs whom?
no specific number
requirement.

Territory
Demarcated
area that
rightly
belongs to
the

Territory
answers the question,
where?
terrestrial, fluvial,
maritime and aerial
should be permanent
and large enough to be

xtent of the

Philippine Territory
1. The Philippine archipelago with all the islands
and water embraced therein.
2. All

other territories over which the Philippines

has sovereignty or jurisdiction.

How A TERRITORY IS ACQUIRED

1.Discovery
2.Conquest
3.Prescription
4.Accretion
5.Cession through gift, exchange,
or purpose

Government
Refers to the
agency to which
the will of the
state is
formulated,
expressed, and
carried out.

Sovereignty
May be defined as the
supreme power of the
state to command and
enforce obedience to its
will from the people
within its jurisdiction and
corollarily to have

Sovereignty
a. Internal power of
the state to rule
within its territory
b.

External the
freedom of the
state to carry out
its activities