Sovereignty
Jackson, Robert (Boston University)![Sovereignty](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/323/3239987/CHSBZCOP033239987.jpg)
Sovereignty is at the very centre of the political and legal arrangements of the modern world. The idea originated in the controversies and wars, both religious and political, of 16th and 17th century Europe and since that time it has continued to spread and evolve. Today sovereignty is a global system of authority: it extends across all religions, civilizations, languages, cultures, ethnic and racial groupings, and other collectivities into w...