Sovereignty
- Created by: QueenAelin
- Created on: 18-09-18 01:30
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- Sovereignty
- Supreme and absolute power within territorial boundaries that cannot be overruled
- To say that the monarch is "the sovereign" is a matter of tradition
- Legal sovereignty
- The ultimate source of all legal authority
- Political sovereignty
- Refers to the real location of power
- The people are politically sovereign during elections
- The government is politically sovereign between elections
- Popular sovereignty
- Refers to those occasions where the people seem to be making ultimate decisions
- Occurs during elections and referendums
- Parliamentary sovereignty
- No person has the right to override or set aside the legislation
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