Even where the courts utter authoritative interpretations of what we call the fundamental law--the law that is embodied in constitutions--they are rather the organs through which the limitations of sovereignty are determined than organs of sovereignty itself.
Wilson discusses the role of courts in interpreting fundamental law and their relation to sovereignty.
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