1. PLURALISTIC THEORY OF SOVEREIGNTY

2. PLURALISM
PLURALISM IS REACTION AGAINST THE ABSOLUTISM OF THE MONISTIC CONCEPT OF SOVEREIGNITY.
DEFINATION OF PLURALISM
PROF.LASKI WRITES,”THE STASE IS ONLY ONE AMONG THE VARIOUS FORMS OF ASSOCIATIONS AND AS COMPARED WITH THEM,HAS NO SUPERIOR CLAIM TO THE INDIVIDUAL’S ALLEGIANCE.”

3. FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLURALISM
INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUALISTS
SUPPORT OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF MIDDLE AGE
SUPPORT BY ANARCHISTS,SYNDICALISTS AND GUILD SYNDICALISTS
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONALISM
DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE STATES

4. MAIN SUPPORTERS OF THIS PLURALISM
PROF.GETTELL
LINDSAY
BARKER
MACLVER
LASKI
COLE
DUGUIT
KRABBE ETC.

5. MAIN IDEAS OF PLURALISTS
THE STATE IS ONE ASSOCIATION LIKE VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.
SOVEREIGNTY IS EXTERNALLY LIMITED.
SOVEREIGNTY IS INTERNALLY LIMITED.

6. CRITICISM OF PLURALISTIC THEORY
MAN WILL COME UNDER THE CONTROL OF VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.
WRONG AND NARROW VIEW REGARDING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE.
LAWS ARE NOT INDEPENDENT OF THE STATE AUTHORITY.
DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS WILL COME INTO EXISTENCE FOR BAD PURPOSE.
PLURALISTS LEAD TO ANARCHY.

7. EXCLUSIVE
HOW TO FIX THE BOUDARIES OF THE FUNCTIONS OF DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS.
ONLY STATE CAN SETTLE THE DISPUTES AMONG VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.
SOVEREIGN STATE IS NECESSARY TO SAVE THE STATE FROM EXTERNAL INVASIONS.
THERE IS CO-ORDINATION AMONG THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MAN’S LIFE.

8. EXCLUSIVE LACK OF UNIFORMITY AMONG THE VIEWS OF PLURALISTS.
IT IS IMPRACTICABLE TO DIVIDE SOVEREIGNTY.
THE STATE IS EXTERNALLY SOVEREIGN.
THIS THEORY IS DANGEROUS.
FALSE FEAR OF STATE SOVREIGNTY.

9. VALUE OF THIS THEORY EMPHASIS ON DECENTRALIZATION.
BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVISION OF LABOUR.
RECOGNISE THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS.
WELCOME REACTION AGAINST ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY.