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University of Wisconsin Law School Law In Action

They argued it was necessary to kill the cabin boy to preserve their own lives. Cynicism over “officialdom” is still common, and the workings of public servants is typically contrasted to private enterprise motivated by profit. Negative perceptions of “red tape” aside, public services such as schooling, health care, policing or Law public transport are considered a crucial state function making public bureaucratic action the locus of government power. Max Weber famously argued that the state is that which controls the monopoly on the legitimate use of force. The military and police …