'We talk about sovereignty a lot. We demandit be recognised and we have it on our T-shirts and so forth. But what is it really?' (Introduction)
Epigraph: I. early I4c., 'great, superior, supreme' from Old French soverain 'highest, supreme, chief', from Vulgar Latin 'superanus 'chief, principal' (source also of Spanish soberano, Italian soprano), from Latin super 'over' 2. of remedies of medicines; 'potent in high degree'