institutional theory, based on political property rights and what we call polycentric sovereignty, which explains how the medieval …

, whose Constitution is undergirded by a long established republican conception of national sovereignty, these instruments … structures and above all, the need to renew existing understandings of constitutional sovereignty to meet the realities of … ‘pooled sovereignty'. This culminated in the landmark case of Thomas Pringle v Government of Ireland, where the Irish Supreme …

the clash between public sovereignty and private property. The text considers both the personal right to liberty and the …

recognition of "inalienable" human rights deriving from respect for human dignity and popular sovereignty? State representatives … sovereignty to renounce human rights treaties, to refuse diplomatic protection of individuals abroad, or domestic implementation …-European governments defending state sovereignty and popular sovereignty within a more power-oriented "international law among states." …

I develop a positive theory of sovereignty that is rooted in political exchange. The key concept I use to characterize … sovereignty is self-enforcing exchange of political rights. I conclude that a sovereign is an individual or body party to … political exchange that does not rest on third-party enforcement. Importantly, sovereignty is an emergent phenomenon, defined in …