Collocations withsovereignty
These are words often used in combination withsovereignty.
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absolute sovereignty
While he might have understood better than many the inherent difficulty of combining absolute sovereignty with mixed constitutionalism, his contemporaries were nevertheless horrified.
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concept of sovereignty
This was a major success because it redefines the concept of sovereignty as a positive concept, putting human beings at the core of security concerns.
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consumer sovereignty
By contrast, the criterion of consumer sovereignty is not a direct implication of the principle of normative individualism.
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definition of sovereignty
After all, the power to issue currency has been almost the classic definition of sovereignty for a thousand years or more.
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full sovereignty
Common security will prevail only if each state regains full sovereignty in the management of its borders and its migration policy.
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loss of sovereignty
For example, the domestic political and economic ramications of the loss of sovereignty over domestic policy that results from policy convergence are overlooked.
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monetary sovereignty
I should say <i>en passant</i> that monetary sovereignty cannot be claimed on borrowed money.
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national sovereignty
But they disagree with neoliberals in that they oppose any weakening of national sovereignty, even if it is in the cause of economic integration.
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parliamentary sovereignty
Parliamentary sovereignty could be maintained by requiring that any statute intended to be inconsistent with the convention should say so expressly.
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popular sovereignty
Their subordination in the existing state, even if they are only a small minority of it, cannot be consistent with respect for popular sovereignty.
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principle of sovereignty
The principle of sovereignty is now under siege, so that under grave humanitarian crisis the international community should have the upper hand.
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shared sovereignty
These include principles of shared sovereignty, reposing power at various levels of governance and not solely at the central state level.
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transfer of sovereignty
It is an attempt to take advantage of the crisis for a further transfer of sovereignty.
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tribal sovereignty
They expound learnedly about tribal sovereignty and the theory of the state.
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