Sovereignty

Question 1

Def

Answer 1

The right of a government to make laws and enforce them and to be free from interference from other sovereigns.

Question 2

Factors to be a state:

Answer 2

1. Permanent population;
2. A defined territory;
3. Government; and
4. The capacity to enter into relations with other states

Question 3

Self-determination def:

Answer 3

“The right of a distinct group of people to choose their own political status, both internally . . . and externally.”

Question 4

Self-determination (types)

Answer 4

• Full independence [i.e. become a state];
• Free association with another state;
• Integration with another state.

Question 5

Indian Tribes Possess

Answer 5

1. all powers of any sovereign state;
2. Conquest renders the tribe subject to the legislative power of the United States and, in substance, terminates the external sovereignty of the Tribe;
3. Subject to qualification by treaties and by express legislation by Congress, but same as thus expressly qualified, full powers of internal sovereignty are vested in the Indian Tribes.