SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Detailed explanation-1: -sovereignty, in political theory, the ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state and in the maintenance of order.
Detailed explanation-2: -A sovereign state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sovereignty is a political concept that refers to dominant power or supreme authority. In a monarchy, supreme power resides in the “sovereign", or king. In modern democracies, sovereign power rests with the people and is exercised through representative bodies such as Congress or Parliament.
Detailed explanation-4: -as per this theory, it is the state which makes law . therefore, state is superior to law . john Austin stated that ‘law is the command of the sovereign . ‘therefore the sovereign[state] has the power to enact, amend and repeal the law . however, he himself is not bound by law.