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Wheaton, Henry (1836). Elements of international law: with a sketch of the history of the science. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 51. sovereign, 4th. Houghton Mifflin Company (2004). Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2010 "adj. 1. Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state." sovereign, 2nd. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2005). ISBN 0-19-517077-6 "adjective ... [ attrib. ] (of a nation or state) fully independent and determining its own affairs: a sovereign, democratic republic."
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Wheaton, Henry (1836). Elements of international law: with a sketch of the history of the science. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 51. sovereign, 4th. Houghton Mifflin Company (2004). Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2010 "adj. 1. Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state." sovereign, 2nd. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2005). ISBN 0-19-517077-6 "adjective ... [ attrib. ] (of a nation or state) fully independent and determining its own affairs: a sovereign, democratic republic."