What is the difference between political sovereignty and legal sovereignty?
Correct answer: A. Political sovereignty concerns the ultimate political power, while legal sovereignty concerns the supreme law-making authority
- A. Political sovereignty concerns the ultimate political power, while legal sovereignty concerns the supreme law-making authority
- B. Political sovereignty belongs only to courts, while legal sovereignty belongs only to voters
- C. Political sovereignty means judicial review, while legal sovereignty means social custom
- D. Political sovereignty concerns private rights, while legal sovereignty concerns criminal liability
Explanation
Political sovereignty identifies the body or force regarded as ultimately controlling the state in practice, while legal sovereignty identifies the authority legally competent to make final laws. In democratic theory, the people may be politically sovereign even where a constitution assigns legal law-making power to particular institutions.
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Jurisprudence examines the nature, purpose and sources of law through the ideas of justice, rights, duties, sovereignty, liability and legal personality. It compares natural law, analytical positivism, historical, sociological and realist approaches, and considers how courts interpret legal rules, distinguish law from morality and resolve conflicts between competing principles.
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