Reconstructing Sovereignty

The notion of sovereignty plays an important part in various areas of law, such as constitutional law and international public law. Though the concept of sovereignty as applied in constitutional law differs from that used in international public law, there is no true consensus on the meaning of “sovereignty” within these respective fields, either.

Is sovereignty about factual power, or only about legal equality? Do only democracies have sovereignty, because they have legitimacy, or is ther...