To him, law is the command of the sovereign ( the English monarch ) who personifies the power of the nation, while sovereignty is the power to make law -- i.e., to prevail over internal groups and to be free from the commands of other sovereigns in other nations.

The nation-state, then, exemplifies the principle of nationalism and exercises sovereignty: supreme power over domestic affairs and independence from outside control.

Under the Articles, the states retained sovereignty over all governmental functions not specifically relinquished to the national government.

In 1749 the Mughal ruler ceded sovereignty over what is now Pakistan and northwestern India to the Afghans.

Madagascar continues to claim sovereignty over the islands.

After its brick-by-brick relocation to Stanley, the site was sold by the Government for " only HK $ 1 billion " in August 1982 amidst growing concern over the future of Hong Kong in the run-up to the transfer of sovereignty.

The ICJ delivered its judgment on 10 October 2002, finding ( based principally on the Anglo-German agreements ) that sovereignty over Bakassi did indeed rest with Cameroon.

Austria called attention to Serbia's March 1909 declaration committing to the Great Powers to respect Austria-Hungary's sovereignty over Bosnia-Herzegovina and committing Serbia to maintain good neighborly relations with Austria-Hungary.

The Battle of Bouvines, which took place on 27 July 1214, was a medieval battle ending the twelve year old Angevin-Flanders War that was fundamental in the early development of France in the Middle Ages by confirming the French crown's sovereignty over the Angevin lands of Brittany and Normandy.

A cease-fire between Chad and Libya held from 1987 to 1988, and negotiations over the next several years led to the 1994 International Court of Justice decision granting Chad sovereignty over the Aouzou strip, effectively ending Libyan occupation.

In 1881, it signed a treaty with Argentina confirming Chilean sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan, but conceding all of oriental Patagonia, and a considerable fraction of the territory it had during colonial times.

However, U. S. authorities denounced their act, assuring the French that they did not intend to assert American sovereignty over Clipperton.

Aside from Turkey, all foreign governments and the United Nations recognise the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the whole island of Cyprus.

The United States disputes sovereignty with Colombia over the Serranilla Bank and the Bajo Nuevo Bank.

Quita Sueño Bank is claimed by the United States to be a submerged reef, and thus does not recognize the sovereignty of any nation over the bank.

Because of the Jews ' rejection of Jesus, Jewish sovereignty over the promised earthly kingdom of Jerusalem and Palestine was postponed from the time of Christ's first coming until prior to or just after his Second Coming when most or all Jews will embrace him.

He continued to claim sovereignty over all of China, including the territories held by his government and the People's Republic, as well as territory the latter ceded to foreign governments, such as Tuva and Outer Mongolia.

It brought to an end the first phase of the power struggle between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperors and has been interpreted as containing within itself the germ of nation-based sovereignty that would one day be confirmed in the Treaty of Westphalia ( 1648 ); in part this was an unforeseen result of strategic maneuvering between the Church and the European sovereigns over political control within their domains.

It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony, and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by colonizers from the metropole.

Djibouti has fought in clashes against Eritrea over the Ras Doumeira peninsula, which both countries claim to be under their sovereignty.

Mauritius sought to regain sovereignty, lost to the UK in 1965, over the Chagos Archipelago.

The British insisted Abdur Rahman accept sovereignty over this remote region where unruly Kyrgyz held sway, he had no choice but to accept Britain's compromise.

exclusive maritime economic zone boundary dispute with Cameroon is presently before the ICJ ; maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay ; maritime boundary dispute with Nigeria and Cameroon because of disputed jurisdiction over oil-rich areas in the Gulf of Guinea

They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

One is tempted to say that, on the difference between the concepts of sovereignty in these two preambles, the worst war of the Nineteenth century was fought.

Its appeal from ballots to bullets at Fort Sumter ended by costing the Southerners their right to have slaves -- a right that was even less compatible with the sovereignty of man.

`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U.S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia.

Lincoln stated Douglas's popular sovereignty theory was a threat to the nation's morality and that Douglas represented a conspiracy to extend slavery to free states.

The King kept his exclusive sovereignty but was bound by the Government Business to cooperate with the Ministers and the decisions of both Chambers of the States ( de: Kammern der Ständeversammlung ) meeting.

To clarify American sovereignty, Executive Order 7358 was issued on May 13, 1936.

The Nigerian newspaper The Guardian went further, declaring that the judgment was " a rape and unforeseen potential international conspiracy against Nigerian territorial integrity and sovereignty " and " part of a Western ploy to foment and perpetuate trouble in Africa ".

The outcome of the controversy was a de facto Nigerian refusal to withdraw its troops from Bakassi and transfer sovereignty.

It was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War, securing Ethiopian sovereignty.

As a result of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, Cambodia was able to bring about the withdrawal of the Viet Minh troops from its territory and to withstand any residual impingement upon its sovereignty by external powers.

It was not considered a surrendering of national sovereignty, which would have implied the holding of a referendum according to article 20 of the constitution.

The mouth and estuary of the Congo was now discovered ( perhaps in August 1482 ), and marked by a Padrão, or stone pillar ( still existing, but only in fragments ) erected on Shark Point, attesting the sovereignty of Portugal ; the great river was also ascended for a short distance, and intercourse was opened with the natives of the Bakongo kingdom.

It has also been argued that the Declaration was not a statement of popular sovereignty ( and that its signatories would have had no such concept )

The delegation was denied access to the camp by Iraqi government, citing their sovereignty.

However, he was forced by circumstance to live by the tenets of Italian sovereignty over Eritrea.

In addition, when Excalibur was first drawn, in the first battle testing Arthur's sovereignty, its blade blinded his enemies.

The North and the South were in greater agreement on sovereignty, through all their dispute about it, than were the Founding Fathers.

* Article 4 – The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims ; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force ;

Preaching directly against the Christian dogma, Abbahu says: " A king of flesh and blood may have a father, a brother, or a son to share in or dispute his sovereignty, but the Lord saith, ' I am the Lord thy God!

The sovereignty of the Falklands remains in dispute, with Argentina claiming the islands are an integral and indivisible part of its territory, ' illegally occupied by an occupying power '.

Gavin Short MLA announced that the Falkland Islanders will vote on a referendum over the archipelago's sovereignty in 2013 in an attempt to end the ongoing dispute with Argentina.

Gabon is involved in a maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay.

* Uncontested dispute with Canada over Hans Island sovereignty in the Kennedy Channel between Canadian Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

The conflict between international law and national sovereignty is subject to vigorous debate and dispute in academia, diplomacy, and politics.

A modern-day dispute between Norway and Denmark regarding the fishing exclusion zone between Jan Mayen and Greenland was settled in 1988 granting Denmark the greater area of sovereignty.

The U. S. continued to dispute British sovereignty, based on its nineteenth century Guano Act claims, until after Kiribati became independent.

Machias Seal Island and North Rock, off its easternmost point, are claimed by both the U. S. and Canada and are within one of four areas between the two countries whose sovereignty is still in dispute, but it is the only one of the disputed areas containing land.

Following a dispute over the terms for the granting of full sovereignty, the British self-governing colony of Rhodesia, governed by a predominantly white minority government, unilaterally declared independence in 1965.

Spain has a territorial dispute with Morocco concerning the five places of sovereignty ( plazas de soberanía ) on and off the coast of Morocco-the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which Morocco contests, as well as the islands of Peñon de Alhucemas, Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas.

Self-determination is referred to in the Falkland Islands Constitution and is a factor in the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute.

The cause of the war was a dispute over the sovereignty of the widely separated Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh border regions.

While much of this structure remains in place, the President Lee Teng-hui in 1991 unofficially abandoned the government's claim of sovereignty over mainland China, stating that they do not " dispute the fact that the Communists control mainland China.

It is a matter of dispute whether the agreement transferred sovereignty of Tromelin from one to the other, and Mauritius claims the island as part of its territory on the grounds that sovereignty was not transferred to France and the island was thus part of the colony of Mauritius at the time of independence.

Previously in 2001, Baker had presented his framework plan, called Baker I, where the dispute would be finally solved through an autonomy within Moroccan sovereignty, but Algeria and the Polisario front refused it.

Chief Neamathla of Fowltown got into a dispute with the commander of Fort Scott over the use of land on the eastern side of the Flint River, essentially claiming Mikasuki sovereignty over the area.

The rising of a previously submerged island and the subconstituent sovereignty dispute were inspired by the real-life island of Ferdinandea.