Sovereignty

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state that has the highest authority over a territory

Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.

territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state

Decolonization is the ending of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. The meanings and applications of the term are disputed. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on independence movements in the colonies and the collapse of global colonial empires.

Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. In current international law, it is generally held to be an illegal act. It is distinct from the concepts of conquest, which describes the gaining of physical control, and cession, in which territory is given or sold through treaty.

concept in political philosophy

In political science, statism or etatism (from French, état 'state') is the doctrine that the political authority of the state is legitimate to some degree. This may include economic and social policy, especially in regard to taxation and the means of production.

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right and acceptance of an authority

A suzerain (, from Old French "above" + "supreme, chief") is a person, state or polity who has supremacy and dominant influence over the foreign policy and economic relations of another subordinate party or polity, but allows internal autonomy to that subordinate. Where the subordinate polity is called a vassal, vassal state or tributary state, the dominant party is called the suzerain. The rights and obligations of a vassal are called vassalage, and the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty.

Secession (from ) is a term and a concept which is used in reference to the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.

country located between two other mutually hostile countries

United Kingdom legislation

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political and religious doctrine of the legitimacy of monarchs

ethnic/national minority that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state

state that is economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another

sovereignty debate

two types of rights theoretically distinct according to philosophers and political scientists

right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems

transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China

concept of the sovereignty of nation-states in Europe

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Sovereigntism, sovereignism or souverainism (from , ) is the notion of having control over one's conditions of existence, whether at the level of the self, social group, region, nation or globe. Typically used for describing the acquiring or preserving political independence of a nation or a region, a sovereigntist aims to "take back control" from perceived powerful forces, either against internal subversive minority groups (ethnic, sexual or gender), or from external global governance institutions, federalism and supranational unions. It generally leans instead toward isolationism, and can be

stone in County Meath, Ireland

notion that judges should not be beholden to political pressures

political document

transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China

doctrine stating that the legislature has supremacy over other government institutions, and that it cannot bind its future self

type of executive power of a sovereign due to their exclusive rights and privileges

grassroots movement to gain self-determination and rule for Hawaiians

Self-ownership, also known as sovereignty of the individual or individual sovereignty, is the concept of property in one's own person, expressed as the moral or natural right of a person to have bodily integrity and be the exclusive controller of one's own body and life. Self-ownership is a central idea in several political philosophies that emphasize individualism, such as libertarianism, liberalism, and anarchism.

anarchist school of thought

The act of cession is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty. Ballentine's Law Dictionary defines cession as "a surrender; a giving up; a relinquishment of jurisdiction by a board in favor of another agency." In contrast with annexation, where property is forcibly seized, cession is voluntary or at least apparently so.

effort to create boundaries on a network

economic consumer theory

historically accepted ownership right to property or territory acquired by force of arms

British sovereign military enclave

concept in international law

political and secular governmental activity of the popes of the Roman Catholic Church

political dispute over the status of Tibet as a legitimate part of China or as an occupied separate state

type of political status of Native Americans

concept in law and ethics concerned with an entity's decision-making authority over data concerning itself

Neo-medievalism (or neomedievalism, new medievalism) is a term with a long history that has acquired specific technical senses in two branches of scholarship.

conceptual right of nations

the statement expressing that no law may be enforced by the government unless it conforms with certain universal principles (written or unwritten) of fairness, morality, and justice

approach to digital identity in which the user generates and controls unique identifiers and stores identity data

essay by Marsilius of Padua

exclusive legal control over a currency

Argentine claims over disputed territory

the concept that each sphere of life (e.g. civil, religious, family, etc.) has its own distinct responsibilities and authority or competence, and stands equal to other spheres of life

public holiday of Argentina

fundamental right of a sovereign state to regulate the use of its airspace and enforce its own aviation law

political concept

dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom

self-governing Native American community in the United States

concept in Christian theology

legal concept in Croatian law