Sovereignty

Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.^[1]^[2]^[3] Sovereignty entails hierarchy within a state as well as external autonomy for states.^[4] In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the person, body or institution that has the ultimate authority over other people and to change existing laws.^[5] In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme legitimate authority over some polity.^[6] 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 do 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.

^ Philpott, Daniel (1995). "Sovereignty: An Introduction and Brief History". Journal of International Affairs. 48 (2): 353–368. ISSN 0022-197X. JSTOR 24357595.
^ Law, Jonathan, ed. (21 June 2018). "Sovereignty". A Dictionary of Law. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-880252-5. Retrieved 20 May 2024. sovereignty [...] Supreme authority in a state.
^ Bartelson, Jens (9 May 2014). Sovereignty as Symbolic Form. Critical Issues in Global Politics. New York: Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 9781317685838. Retrieved 20 May 2024. Claims to supreme authority have long been encoded in Sovereignty as symbolic form.
^ Spruyt, Hendrik (1994). The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Change. Vol. 176. Princeton University Press. pp. 3–7. doi:10.2307/j.ctvzxx91t. ISBN 978-0-691-03356-3. JSTOR j.ctvzxx91t. S2CID 221904936.
^ "Sovereignty". A Dictionary of Law. Oxford University Press. 21 June 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-880252-5. Retrieved 20 May 2024. In any state sovereignty is vested in the institution, person, or body having the ultimate authority to impose law on everyone else in the state and the power to alter any pre-existing law.
^ "sovereignty (politics)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[1] Philpott, Daniel (1995). "Sovereignty: An Introduction and Brief History". Journal of International Affairs. 48 (2): 353–368. ISSN 0022-197X. JSTOR 24357595.

[2] Law, Jonathan, ed. (21 June 2018). "Sovereignty". A Dictionary of Law. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-880252-5. Retrieved 20 May 2024. sovereignty [...] Supreme authority in a state.

[3] Bartelson, Jens (9 May 2014). Sovereignty as Symbolic Form. Critical Issues in Global Politics. New York: Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 9781317685838. Retrieved 20 May 2024. Claims to supreme authority have long been encoded in Sovereignty as symbolic form.

[:1-4] Spruyt, Hendrik (1994). The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Change. Vol. 176. Princeton University Press. pp. 3–7. doi:10.2307/j.ctvzxx91t. ISBN 978-0-691-03356-3. JSTOR j.ctvzxx91t. S2CID 221904936.

[:0-5] "Sovereignty". A Dictionary of Law. Oxford University Press. 21 June 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-880252-5. Retrieved 20 May 2024. In any state sovereignty is vested in the institution, person, or body having the ultimate authority to impose law on everyone else in the state and the power to alter any pre-existing law.

[Britannica-6] "sovereignty (politics)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

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