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Comment: “The discovery of Sovereign in a federal state is an impossible adventure.” (Laski)

  • UPSC 2005
  • Theories of the State

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The remark comes from Harold J. Laski's pluralist critique of sovereignty in his writings of 1917–25. Its target is John Austin's sovereign: a determinate human superior, habitually obeyed and obeying no one. Laski's point is that a federation contains no such body.

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  • Why the Sovereign Cannot Be Found
  • The Counter-view: Sovereignty Relocated
  • Contemporary Evidence
  • Evaluation
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