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In [[politics]], '''authority''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[auctoritas]]'', used in [[Roman law]] as opposed to ''[[potestas]]'' and ''[[imperium]]'') is often used interchangeably with the term "[[Power (sociology)|power]]". However, their meanings differ.  "Power" refers to the ability to achieve certain ends, 'authority' refers to the legitimacy, justification and right to exercise that power.  For example whilst a Crowd/mob has the power to punish a criminal, such as through lynching, only the courts have the authority to order capital punishment.

In [[politics]], '''authority''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[auctoritas]]'', used in [[Roman law]] as opposed to ''[[potestas]]'' and ''[[imperium]]'') is often used interchangeably with the term "[[Power (sociology)|power]]". However, their meanings differ.  "Power" refers to the ability to achieve certain ends, 'authority' refers to the legitimacy, justification and right to exercise that power.  For example whilst a Crowd/mob has the power to punish a criminal, such as through lynching, only the courts have the authority to order capital punishment.

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Authority''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Authority this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Authority''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Authority this link].</center>

Since the emergence of [[Social Sciences|social science]]s, '''authority''' has been a subject of research in a variety of empirical settings; the family (parental authority), small groups (informal authority of leadership), intermediate organizations such as schools, churches, armies,industrial and bureaucracies (organizational and bureaucratic authority) and society wide or inclusive organizations ranging from the most primitive tribal society to the modern nation-state and intermediate organization (political authority).

Since the emergence of [[Social Sciences|social science]]s, authority has been a subject of research in a variety of empirical settings; the family (parental authority), small groups (informal authority of leadership), intermediate organizations such as schools, churches, armies,industrial and bureaucracies (organizational and bureaucratic authority) and society wide or inclusive organizations ranging from the most primitive tribal society to the modern nation-state and intermediate organization (political authority).

==Religious perceptions of authority==

==Religious perceptions of authority==

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://dictionary.titiland.com/what_means/authority.htm Authority: senses, synonyms and related words (Titiland dictionary)]

* [https://dictionary.titiland.com/what_means/authority.htm Authority: senses, synonyms and related words (Titiland dictionary)]

* [http://www.qualitionary.eu/index.php?title=Authority#Competent_authority Qualitionary - Legal Definitions - Authority]

* [https://www.qualitionary.eu/index.php?title=Authority#Competent_authority Qualitionary - Legal Definitions - Authority]

* [http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000057.php Authority] - article by [[Peter Morville]]

* [https://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000057.php Authority] - article by [[Peter Morville]]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]