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Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. [ 1 ] It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided. In theoretical terms, the idea of "sovereignty", historically, from Socrates to Thomas Hobbes , has always necessitated a moral imperative on the entity exercising it. For centuries past, the idea that a state could be sovereign was always connected to its ability to guarantee the best interests of its own citizens.

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guilds and organisations

matrilineal - encyclopedia article about matrilineal.

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Matrilineality Matrilineality is a system in which lineage is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors.

Lady Justice is the symbol of the judiciary. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Justice is depicted as a goddess equipped with three symbols of the rule of law : a sword symbolising the court's coercive power; scales representing an objective standard by which competing claims are weighed; and a blindfold indicating that justice is (or should be) meted out objectively, without fear or favor, regardless of identity, money, power, or weakness. [ 3 ]

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American Slave Narratives

F rom 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration.