Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... VII POPULAR AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY (CONTINUED) It is now necessary to observe more closely the nature of the sovereignty, the location of which was the centre of so much discussion during this period. At the opening of the century an impetus toward a stronger conception of sovereignty was given in the Rheinbund Act of 1806, which recognized the "plenitude de la souverainete"1 to certain states which had up to this time possessed only the so-called Landshoheit nominally at least under the sovereignty of the Emperor. The rights included under sovereignty were mentioned in the Act as legislation, supreme jurisdiction, police power, conscription, and the taxing power.2 By the newly created states their souverainete was interpreted in the broadest sense of the term, externally and internally, as indicated by the almost immediate alterations made in their fundamental laws. The old " estates" were brushed aside, as in Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Hesse; and constitutions granted, as in Westphalia, 1807, and Bavaria, 1808.3 The rulers also gave up the former feudal rights held by one in the territory of another, so far at least as relations of public law were concerned. The new sovereignty proved to be also a barrier against the formation of a close union between the German States in 1814-15, and for some time after. 1 See G. Meyer, Staatsrecht, sec. 36. 'Rhein-Bund-Acte, Art. 26-27. "Legislation, jurisdiction supreme, haute police, conscription militaire ou recrutement et impot" were the " droits essentielement inherens a la souverainete." The "mediatized" territories retained their "propriete patrimoniale et privet," and their "droits seigneuriaux et ftodaux."--Ibid., sec. 27. 8...
