{"id":7385,"date":"2012-07-24T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awamipolitics.com\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2012-07-24T05:42:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T00:42:48","slug":"monist-and-pluralist-theories-of-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awamipolitics.com\/monist-and-pluralist-theories-of-sovereignty-7385.html","title":{"rendered":"Monist And Pluralist Theories Of Sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The concept of sovereignty is a modern concept, born with the modern State. The ancient Greeks knew that there was a “supreme power” in the State, but they did not analyse it further. The Roman jurists and thinkers declared it to be the supreme authority of the emperor. Among the medieval Muslims, Ibn Khaldun was the first thinker who made the concept of sovereignty the basis of the power of the ruler, which rose and fell with his dynasty. In medieval Europe, they believed in “two swords”, that is, the secular power of the king and the spiritual power of the Pope.<\/p>