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IN THE global digital transformation age, the principle of state sovereignty has acquired an extra, digital dimension. Digital sovereignty, which in the broadest sense means the independence of a country in its digital domestic and foreign policy, is becoming a key criterion for measuring a country's viability, security, and economic status. To better understand the nature of digital sovereignty, it is essential to fully understand the concept of state sovereignty in general.
STUDIES of sovereignty date back to French jurist and philosopher Jean Bodin's 1576 book Six Books of the Commonwealth that defined sovereignty as the supreme, absolute power that a monarch had over his subjects as God's representative on Earth. At first, state sovereignty meant control of a specific territory. Hugo Grotius, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke were founders of key theories of sovereignty in political science and jurisprudence..
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