Word: sovereignity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Chapter III. There was an old law in the realm; not since 1772 had a descendant of George II been allowed to marry without his sovereign's consent. So the lord sought out his cousin for her queenly permission. But since the lord was the first member of the royal family ever to be charged in court with adultery, the Queen in turn sought out her most trusted advisors. "What should we do?" she asked her Privy Councilors. After due deliberation, they advised the Queen: "Grant the lord permission to remarry...
...Sovereign Immunity. Insurance companies confronted with Detroit claims can try to sue the city, but in the absence of statutes, nothing in common law makes a city, county or state liable for riot damages unless it has somehow acted negligently. Even then, many governmental bodies are protected by sovereign immunity, a musty theory that public monies can be used only for the general public, not to compensate individuals, such as riot victims. But legal scholars contend that sovereign immunity is unjust, illogical, and riddled with exceptions. Moreover, courts have gradually eroded or discarded the doctrine in several states. Once sovereign...
...Journal of Urban Law, Frank S. Sengstock declares that cities are derelict if they don't initiate preventive programs or if their police don't use established professional techniques of riot control and suppression. "There is a substantial need to indemnify victims of mob disorders," he comments. "Sovereign immunity is playing its finale. Fundamental principles of common law warrant the conclusion that the injured has a right to sue a municipal corporation for damages committed by a mob when the local unit of government acts heedlessly in the face of knowledge of the potential dangers to the victim...
...object to what I consider a doctrine of "might makes right" in your Essay on Israel [June 23]. It is a fact that "ability to stake out a territory" with force if necessary will establish a sovereign state, but is that also its justification? What about groups that have identity and tradition but no power, for example, the American Indian and South Africa's Negro population? I am surprised at your lack of a sense of moral consciousness; or should I be glad that a national publication has had the candor to admit that for all of our 20th...
...Eban, the Arabs will have to meet Israel at the conference table to negotiate a formal peace. "Peace itself contains the solution of other issues," says Eban. "If there is peace, then we shall all strive to ensure that those who are now refugees become the productive citizens of sovereign states...