Question 5
Power, Authority, Legitimacy and SovereigntyThe scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was
- A.A.V. Dicey
- B.Jean Bodin
- C.John Austin
- D.Montesquieu.
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Answer: B (Jean Bodin)
Explanation
Jean Bodin (1576) described sovereignty as absolute and perpetual power held by one supreme authority.