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Redefining Sovereignty: Will the Citizens of Liberal Democracies Retain the Right to Determine Their Own Laws and Public Policies or Will They Yield ... Order and Justice? (Smith and Kraus Global)

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I generally tend not to rave about books but Orrin Judd's overview of the debate over sovereignty in this post-9/11 world is among the best compilations on the subject I have ever read. . For those opposed to international bodies such as the UN taking precedence over national governments, Judd's collection is a potent collection of arguments that buttress that point of view. Yet isolationism isn't his intention given the admission that sovereignty can no longer be considered an absolute. Ultimately, it is a celebration of freedom and the dream of those who signed the Declaration of Independence that freedom be known worldwide. History will decide whether this new paradigm is the key to that future.

I wonder what the Editor and the contributing authors think of my listing of the thirteen elements of a strongly sovereign nation-state, found at my blog Globalities, found at http://globalities.blogspot.com

I propose that we need to amend the United States Constitution to permit regional territorial secession (of individual States or accumulations of
States) from the United States and its successor - in whole or in part - entities(s), once the USA gives to others enough of its sovereignty to warrant secession.

We need to work out the details, but we need to explicitly reject from now forward President Lincoln's principle of forced continued union of the States, as the United States corrodes into an cog in a this-worldly global economic/governmental wheel.

The sovereignty of nations - like the strong family putting its imprint on the family's kids - is an essential bulwark against the false security of the leading-to-one-word-government process.

Check out my listing of the elements of sovereignty if you like. The explicit, numbered listing can help in perception, analysis, and action.

Best regards and Merry Chrismas,

Ned Jacobs

Tired, recycled 'libertarian' nonsense, masquerading as serious analysis. When will these guys grow up and join the real world?