Sovereignty being exercised by an assembly of all of the citizens is an example of direct democracy. It could also be referred to as pure democracy.
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Popular sovereignty is the idea that the government is of the people. It means citizens are in power. Limited government stems from this idea that government is there to protect the people and popular sovereignty.
Sovereignty is the highest and absolute power in formulating and implementing the law. Sovereignty can be divided into six characterisics wich are:- 1) absolute 2) indivisibility 3) Inalienability 4) permanent power 5) Exclusiveness 6) All comprehensiveness.
1. Internal sovereignty- It is the supreme authority of a State over the activities taking place within its territory and to exclude others from doing any unauthorized interference. It is of two types-(i) Legal sovereignty- It is the power to make law and to repeal or modofy existing laws.(ii) Political sovereignty- It implies that the will of 'political sovereign' is ultimately obeyed by the citizens of the State. It is the political sovereignty that comes into play in international law.2. External sovereignty- It relates to the recognition on the part of all States that each possesses this power in equal measure.
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the government is of the people... it means citizens are in power. Limited government stems from this idea... that government is their to protect the people and popular sovereignty (but limited government does not rule over the people like you would see in a dictatorship or a communist state.)