Modern state assemblies are comprised of sovereign states. The culmination of the Reconquista and the Peace Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 saw the doctrine of state sovereignty being originated. What does the traditional doctrine of state sovereignty hold?

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Modern state assemblies are comprised of sovereign states. The culmination of the Reconquista and the Peace Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 saw the doctrine of state sovereignty being originated. What does the traditional doctrine of state sovereignty hold?

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There should be a single source of ultimate power within a state

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Warfare is the natural condition in international society. In this condition, states are either fighting a war, recovering from a war or preparing to fight a war

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That war was henceforth the preferred method of settling disputes among states

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Every government should follow the will of the people

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Every state should be ruled by a monarch, where there is none, then the most dominant religion should step in with the most senior religious leader leading the state

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