Authority is the empowerment of the authorities
There are concepts that are in themselvesdifficult to describe. They get real concrete meaning in the practical field of application. This is the term "authority". It is a term that abstractly describes what in concrete examples becomes a real tough practice. Let's understand.
The meaning of the word "proxy"
If you dig into dictionaries, then we will find there quiteunderstandable explanation. For example, authority is the right granted to another person. Or the power that is given to a third person. That is, we are dealing with a phenomenon where people transfer their opportunities to someone who, in their common opinion, deserves it. In addition, since this third is vested with power, it is implied that he has the opportunity to implement it in practice. The description turned out to be difficult. See: we have citizens, people, organizations and so on. Each of them has rights, can participate in making power decisions, but he does not use these "privileges". Does not want? Rather, it has no possibility. So, for example, to implement state power, many conditions are necessary: strength, means, and management mechanisms. But in fact according to the Constitution this is the right of the people! How to implement it? Special bodies that receive state powers are created. They also carry out in practice what the people must do according to the basic law.
Example 1: court cases
To get a deeper understanding of the meaning of theterm, let's look at concrete examples. Imagine that there is a lawsuit. As a rule, two parties take part in it. Let it be a citizen and an organization. So, who is the last person to represent? Usually - a lawyer, director, representative of the administration. In order to prove his right to speak on behalf of the organization, a person submits to the court a power of attorney confirming his authority. This is a document of a special form, issued, more often than not, to one process. It turns out that in this case, the power is the empowerment of an entire organization, on behalf of which the specialist acts. You do not need to consider this a special privilege. The representative is endowed with not only and not so much rights as the responsibilities of the organization in this situation. And he acts on the basis of his interests
firm, taking into account all the negative consequences that the process can bring to it.
Example 2: Elections
There is another way to understand what power is. This is due to the need to remember, and what is essentially the election. When there is a vote, for example, for deputies of the local assembly, every citizen expresses his trust in a certain person. Counted the votes, brought out the winners and so on. But in fact we are not choosing deputies. People, like the Constitutional people, give their powers to solve specific local or state issues to specific individuals. It turns out that the deputy who won the election received power from the mass of the people who were for him. Now he has the right to speak on their behalf. All that he will do as a deputy, he will commit on behalf of his electorate.
A responsibility
Understanding the meaning of the concept of "power", in addition to the willyou come to the conclusion that this is not a joke question. Since power is transferred to a certain person (body), then responsibility is transferred along with it. Whether it is a private litigation or a plebiscite, everyone who is the source of authority (citizen) should consciously approach the choice of the one whom he vests. That is a double-edged responsibility. If you trust an unprofessional lawyer, you will receive a fine or a term. And if the people express themselves as a false leader, they can break up the state with their own hands (bulletins), start a war, and so on. Conclusion: it is necessary to think whom we empower.
