popular sovereignty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpopularandsovereignty
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popular
adjective
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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sovereignty
noun[U]
uk/ˈsɒv.rɪn.ti/us/ˈsɑːv.rən.i/
the power of a country to control its ...
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(Definition ofpopularandsovereigntyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Their subordination in the existing state, even if they are only a small minority of it, cannot be consistent with respect forpopularsovereignty.
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However, both practical considerations and respect forpopularsovereigntyprovide reason to prefer a global-federative model of over a states-system model.
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How different this became once the idea - in essence, of course, a positive one - ofpopularsovereigntyimplanted itself from 1789 onwards.
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A particularist anchoring of this kind would not do away with one iota of the universalist meaning ofpopularsovereigntyand human rights.
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As such, it fosters rather than limitspopularsovereignty.
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The point is that these practices cannot seriously be defended on grounds ofpopularsovereignty.
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The first is the principle ofpopularsovereignty.
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If the government fails to do so, people can substitute it by carrying outpopularsovereigntyas masters substitute their servants.
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This provision reflects the idea thatpopularsovereigntycannot license the present generation to alienate thepopularsovereigntyof future generations.
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At the domestic level, calls for greater legislative orpopularsovereigntyonce again overshadow a dire economic situation.
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Their nascent for ms of democracy andpopularsovereigntyruled out the inclusion of the native populations on g rounds of ethnic exclusivity.
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American invocations of classic whig doctrines likepopularsovereigntyand the right of resistance were now regarded as tending to the dissolution of empire.
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Theoretically, this notion of democratic governance is predicated on the two fundamental principles of representative democracy:popularsovereigntyand the rule of law.
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Most crucial was the blending ofpopularsovereigntywith nationalist ideology.
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In such a case, respect forpopularsovereigntyrequires that we tolerate the nondemocratic system.
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Popularsovereigntyagain forms the basis of the argument.
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But the ensuing debate educated the deputies in the logic of thepopularsovereigntythey had already embraced.
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Others argued that a coherent people or public will was not necessary to achieve the functions that democracy required ofpopularsovereignty.
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This is especially true forpopularsovereigntytheories of democracy.
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I hope to show that my conclusions are consistent with an appropriate respect forpopularsovereignty.
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