!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a [Jurisdiction] to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, [{$pagename}] is a substantive term designating supreme [authority|Authoritative Entity] over some polity.[1] It is a basic principle underlying the dominant Westphalian model of state foundation.[1]

!! The Second Treatise of Government[2]
The Second Treatise of Government places [{$pagename}] into the hands of the people. [Locke's] fundamental argument is that people are equal and invested with natural rights in a state of nature in which they live free from outside rule. In the state of nature, natural law governs behavior, and each person has license to execute that law against someone who wrongs them by infringing on their rights. 

People take what they need from the earth, but hoard just enough to cover their needs. Eventually, people begin to trade their excess goods with each other, until they develop a common [currency] for barter, or money. Money eliminates limits on the amount of property they can obtain (unlike food, money does not spoil), and they begin to gather estates around themselves and their families.

People then exchange some of their natural rights to enter into society with other people, and be protected by [common laws and a common executive power to enforce the laws|Constitutional Order]. People need executive power to protect their property and defend their liberty. The civil state is beholden to the people, and has power over the people only insofar as it exists to protect and preserve their welfare. 

People have the right to dissolve their [government|Government Entity], if that government ceases to work solely in their best interest. The government has no [{$pagename}] of its own--it exists to serve the people.

!! John Locke and Sovereignty[3]
Locke argued that “sovereign and independent” was man’s natural [state] and that we gave up freedom, our [{$pagename}], in exchange for something else, 
* [protection|Security]
* sociality
* commerce
* among others. 
This grand bargain forms the basis for any [society]. As a [Community of Interest], the [Internet] proposes a similar bargain.

The goal of being [Self-Sovereign Identity] isn't to be completely independent. With regard to the [Internet]: only machines without a network connection are completely independent. In the case of [identity]: only people without any [relationships] are completely independent. Seen from Locke's viewpoint, [{$pagename}] is a [resource] each person combines with that of others to create [society]. Voluntarily giving up some of our rights to a [state|Jurisdiction] confers [legitimacy] on that [state|Jurisdiction] and its [constitution|Constitutional Order].!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Sovereignty|Wikipedia:Sovereignty|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-09-23- 
* [#2] - [LOCKE'S SECOND TREATISE ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT|http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/locke/summary.html|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-09-23- 
* [#3] - [Self-Sovereign Identity and the Legitimacy of Permissioned Ledgers|http://www.windley.com/archives/2016/09/self-sovereign_identity_and_the_legitimacy_of_permissioned_ledgers.shtml|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-09-23