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Is Sovereignty Indivisible?

In: Luigi Einaudi: Selected Political Essays, Volume 3

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  • Domenico Empoli

    (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi per Studi di Politica ed Economia)

  • Corrado Malandrino

    (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi per Studi di Politica ed Economia)

  • Valerio Zanone

    (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi per Studi di Politica ed Economia)

Abstract

The myth of sovereignty is responsible for giving rise to more than the misguided principle of non-interference and the calamity of perpetual war. That myth has unsettled the whole of our national life ever since 1860. If we regard the state as being perfect in and of itself, and believe that statehood is the repository of full sovereignty, then it would logically follow that every state should be recognized as being endowed with a single source of law. In such a framework, absolute monarchs and parliaments elected by universal suffrage cannot share power with other institutions and other parliaments within the confines of the same territorial state. The sovereign state is synonymous with a single authority, in the name of which laws, regulations, ordinances and legislative measures are passed and enacted from the centre. The capital is the home of ministries and departments, while the prefects who issue orders to the police commissioners, to the commanders of the carabinieri and to council officers have their bases in the periphery. If there is only one single sovereign, can there conceivably be different governmental systems in the Vale of Aosta and in Sicily, in Trieste and Naples, in Turin or Milan and in Rome or Florence?

Suggested Citation

  • Domenico Empoli & Corrado Malandrino & Valerio Zanone, 2014. "Is Sovereignty Indivisible?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Domenico Empoli & Corrado Malandrino & Valerio Zanone (ed.), Luigi Einaudi: Selected Political Essays, Volume 3, chapter 19, pages 174-176, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-34503-5_20
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137345035_20
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