In this "The Six Books of the Common wealth" (1577) he defined sovereignty as "the absolute and perpetual power of a commonwealth" (Bodin, p. 1). ... There were many small kingdoms, principalities and other institutions (churches, monasteries, guilds, universities, and merchants), that were enjoying special privileges and immunities. ... In addition, the Roman concept of absolute empirical power became a weapon for the administrative centralization and territorial integration of the European monarchies (Britannica: P. 381). ... For example, the law of diplomatic immunity means that the...

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The fourth source are The Laws and Customs of Parliament, these are the rules relating to the functions, procedures, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament, and finally there are the Works of Authority, due to the constitutions partly written and un-codified character, constitutional experts and works of authority, such as Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution in 1967 and Edward Dicey's The Law of the Constitution in 1885 have occasionally been consulted for guidance on the British constitution. ...

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