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| 20.18 |
The body politic
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| The body politic is the leader, executive and organs of government, and society in general. The body politic in effect are the living cells of the organism that is the society. It is what is defined by the constitution. | ||
| It is in the structure of the body politic where societies most noticeably differ. Some may define their executive as being above the vote of the people- in the case of the executive of the United States serving the President of the United States. In other cases the body being the people are ill defined, with their rights failing to be adequately protected by a shoddy constitution in the case of Australia. | ||
| 20.18.1 | The evolution of the body politic and the constitution | |
| Where a sufficiently large gap emerges between the body politic defined in a societies constitution and the actual structure of the present day body politic, injustice can and does arise. This is often seen in the realm of diminishing rights and the continued leaking of actual power from one group to another by enforced regulation rather than constitutional law. | ||
| In countries older than 100 years, this is evident most noticeably in the administration of tax and revenue by the State as well as the protection of individuals rights. | ||
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