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popular sovereignty

(Historical Terms) (in the pre-Civil War US) the doctrine that the inhabitants of a territory should be free from federal interference in determining their own domestic policy, esp in deciding whether or not to allow slavery

popular sovereignty

1. the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen by election to govern or to represent must conform to the will of the people.
2. U.S. History. a doctrine, held chiefly before 1865 by antiabolitionists, that new territories should be free of federal interference in domestic matters, especially concerning slavery.

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politics squatter sovereignty			But the modern doctrine of popular sovereignty is also based on the fatal delusion that the people in their collective capacity are somehow capable of directly governing themselves. Constant's middle path by Mahoney, Daniel J. / New Criterion Gordon traces this doctrine of popular sovereignty back to ancient Greece and Rome, although "the people" was a much narrower construction in earlier times than it is in our age of universal suffrage and automatic voter registration. Controlling the State: Constitutionalism from Ancient Athens to ... by Wagner, Richard E. / Independent Review The new doctrine of popular sovereignty coincided with the doctrine of the rights of men, that promoted, together with the theory of division of powers, the political and legal limitation of power with the purpose of moderating its exercise to protect people's freedom. Foreword: national sovereignty and globalization by de la Madrid H., Miguel / Houston Journal of International Law			Doctorally doctorate Doctoress doctorfish doctorial doctoring Doctorly Doctorow Doctors Doctors' Commons Doctorship doctorspeak Doctress Doctrinable doctrinaire doctrinal doctrinal template Doctrinally Doctrinarian doctrinarianism doctrine doctrine of analogy Doctrine of atoms Doctrine of definite proportions doctrine of descent Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty Doctrine of the sphere doctrinism docu-soap docudrama document document reader documentable Documental documentalist documentarian documentary documentary credit documentary evidence documentary film documentation documented documents docusoap docutainment DOD DOD civilian DOD support to counterdrug operations Dodd Doddart Dodded			Doctrinarianism doctrine doctrine doctrine doctrine doctrine Doctrine & Covenants Doctrine & Tactics Training Doctrine and Covenants Doctrine and Literature Management Office Doctrine and Pastoral Practices Doctrine and Tactics Training Plan Doctrine Coordination Office Doctrine in Christianity Trinity Doctrine in Christianity Trinity Doctrine Networked Education and Training doctrine of analogy Doctrine of atoms Doctrine of Creation Doctrine of Creation Doctrine of Creation Doctrine of definite proportions doctrine of descent Doctrine of Emanation Doctrine of Equality of States Doctrine of God Lecture Outline Doctrine of last clear chance Doctrine of Nullification Doctrine of Nullification Doctrine of Nullification Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty Doctrine of precedence Doctrine of precedence Doctrine of precedent Doctrine of precedent Doctrine of preexistence Doctrine of privity Doctrine of Recollection Doctrine of Recollection Doctrine of Recollection Doctrine of res judicata Doctrine of res judicata Doctrine of res judicata Doctrine of res judicata Doctrine of res judicata Doctrine of signatures Doctrine of signatures Doctrine of sovereign immunity Doctrine of sovereign immunity Doctrine of sovereign immunity Doctrine of tenure Doctrine of tenure Doctrine of the affections Doctrine of the Atonement Doctrine of the Atonement Doctrine of the Atonement Doctrine of the Mean Doctrine of the sphere Doctrine of the Trinity Doctrine of the Trinity Doctrine Organization Training

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popular sovereignty (redirected from Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty)

popular sovereignty
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