The concept of sovereignty :- Sovereignty is the supreme power ofthe state; and as Bluntschli said it is, "Every authority which gives a final decision "(1);and as Burgess explained it is an " original, absolute, unlimited ,universal power over the individual subject and over all associations of subjects." (2) The main characteristics of sovereignty as determined by scholars of constitutional law and political science are : a. It is universal :- The authority of the sovereign power extends over all its subjects and all foreigners who live in the state b. Absolute:- The power of the sovereign is absolute and not challenged by any other authority from within or from outside the state.