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Lecture · Intro to Law
the sovereignity of the State derives from…
Sovereignty of the State
The sovereignty of the State derives from its people and the rule of law.
🤖 Context: see Bodin, Six Books of the Commonwealth (1576).
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Sovereignty of the State
Sovereignty derives from the people and the rule of law, and is exercised within the limits the Constitution sets.
Read Chapter 2 — the Social Contract
Summarize the key rulings
🤖 Context: see Bodin, Six Books of the Commonwealth (1576).
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0:02 Sovereignty of the state derives from the people,
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and the limits of power are…
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