Sovereignty
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| - | '''Sovereignty''' is the exclusive right to complete [[political]] (e.g. legislative, judicial, and/or executive) [[authority]] over an area of governance, people, or oneself. A ''sovereign'' is the supreme lawmaking authority, subject to no other. Some people may argue that this authority is the [[head of state]]. [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], in Book III, Chapter I of his [[1763]] treatise ''Of the Social Contract'', argued that "the growth of the State giving the trustees of public authority more temptations and means to abuse their power, the more the Government has to have force to contain the people, the more force the Sovereign should have in turn in order to contain the Government," with the understanding that the Sovereign is "a collective being" (Book II, Chapter I) resulting from "the general will" of the people, and that "what any man, whoever he may be, orders on his own, is not a law" (Book II, Chapter VI) - and furthermore predicated on the assumption that the people have an unbiased means by which to ascertain the general will. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign." | ||
| - | == See also == | + | '''Sovereignty''' is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a [[substantive]] term designating supreme [[Legitimacy (political)|legitimate]] [[authority]] over some [[polity]]. In [[international law]], sovereignty is the exercise of power by a [[State (polity)|state]]. ''[[De jure]]'' sovereignty refers to the legal right to do so; ''[[de facto]]'' sovereignty refers to the factual ability to doing so. This can become an issue of special concern upon the failure of the usual expectation that ''de jure'' and ''de facto'' sovereignty exist at the place and time of concern, and reside within the same organization. |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Air sovereignty]] | ||
| + | * [[Autonomous area]] | ||
| + | * [[Basileus]] | ||
| + | * [[Electronic leviathan]] | ||
| + | * [[Mandate of Heaven]] | ||
| + | * [[Movimiento Union Soberanista]] | ||
| + | * [[National sovereignty]] | ||
| + | * [[Plenary authority]] | ||
| + | * [[Self-sovereign identity]] | ||
| + | * [[Sovereignty of the individual|Sovereignty of the Individual]] | ||
| + | * [[Souverainism]] | ||
| + | * [[Suzerainty]] | ||
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Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme legitimate authority over some polity. In international law, sovereignty is the exercise of power by a state. De jure sovereignty refers to the legal right to do so; de facto sovereignty refers to the factual ability to doing so. This can become an issue of special concern upon the failure of the usual expectation that de jure and de facto sovereignty exist at the place and time of concern, and reside within the same organization.
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See also
- Air sovereignty
- Autonomous area
- Basileus
- Electronic leviathan
- Mandate of Heaven
- Movimiento Union Soberanista
- National sovereignty
- Plenary authority
- Self-sovereign identity
- Sovereignty of the Individual
- Souverainism
- Suzerainty
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