Verfassungsblog (Mar 2023)

Post-Brexit Sovereignty

  • Damian Chalmers

Journal volume & issue
no. 2366-7044

Abstract

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In thinking about sovereignty within the United Kingdom, it is helpful to separate out two ways in which sovereignty has historically been identified in both the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Sovereignty is, first, a power over others, most notably absolute and final authority over a territory. If this allows those holding it to achieve considerable things, it also generates apprehension as it allows them to do many things to others. Sovereignty is, secondly, a constitutive power.

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