Sovereignty
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sovereignty-176-18967150
title:
Sovereignty
text:
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within a state as well as external autonomy for states. 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. 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 sovereignt
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Supreme authority within a territory
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty
date created:
2001-11-05T13:28:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:57:19Z
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13
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