Walter Bagehot: “The splitting of sovereignty into many parts amounts to there being no…”

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The splitting of sovereignty into many parts amounts to there being no sovereign.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot argues that dividing sovereignty leads to a lack of a clear sovereign authority, complicating governance.

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Walter Bagehot: “The splitting of sovereignty into many parts amounts to there being no sovereign.”