The State from the Point of View of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Law
The anthropological dimension of the state is connected, frstly, with the fact that the state exists in symbolic forms; secondly, it is constructed and reproduced by people mainly through the mechanism of political and legal representation. The main feature of the state is public and sovereign power, which in cooperation with the population constructs and reproduces the political system of society. The state forms social and political identity of society declaring itself its sole and exclusive representative.