What is sovereignty? Discuss the difference between internal and external sovereignty?in 500 words
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Sovereignty is the supreme authority within a territory. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the person, body, or institution that has the ultimate authority over other people in order to establish a law or change an existing law.
External sovereignty, is the right of a nation to be free from external forces of interference that would challenge, disrupt, or remove the rights & freedoms of that nation to exist & to govern its own territory & society.
Internal sovereignty is the right of a nation to be free of internal forces of disruption to its rights & freedoms to exercise the internal governance of its society & territories.
Internal sovereignty can be further subdivided to include the rights & freedoms of subsets of the sovereign nation to exercise their constitutional, or otherwise defined rights of governance within their regional boundaries. These subsets typically comprise provinces, states, territorial regions & municipalities.