Meaning of government and its forms:
Government is a necessary element of a state, which proves a concrete and visible shape to the state. In this way, the institution which provides a visible – shape to the state is called government. Government is such a tool, which expresses the ‘will’ of the state in legal form, in public interest.
By enforcing laws, it provides practical form to the will of a state and punishes those who are to put impediments in its way. In the development of government, certain changes do occur in accordance with circumstances and time – cycle.
As there are disputing concepts of scholars in respect of origin of state and its nature, similarly there is no uniformity of concepts of scholars on the form of a government. State is a formless institution. Only the government provides a tangible form to the state.
There are different forms of state. Monarchy, Aristocracy, Dictatorship and Democracy are the main ones. In legal point of view, any one of these can be adopted, but at present time, democracy is considered as the best form of governance.
