Popular sovereignty can be found in the creation of –

The correct answer is Both 2 and 3

Key Points

• Modern democracy is based on  the concept of popular sovereignty which means that the source of all authority is the people.
• The concept of Popular sovereignty was first given by J.J. Rousseau.
• Popular sovereignty can be found in the creation of both Johannes althusius and Kautilya.
• Althusius said that the people as a corporate body held sovereignty and this power could not be transferred to any other person or organisation. 
• He also gave the people the right to resist tyranny.
• According to Kautilya Sovereignty is the element of supreme legal authority to a state.

Additional Information

• John Austin Propounded The legal view, also called the monistic view or traditional view of sovereignty.
• He wrote this view in his book, Lectures on Jurisprudence (1832).
• According to Austin, sovereignty is the supreme power of the state that is absolute, permanent, universal, inalienable, exclusive and indivisible.
• He also said Sovereignty has the legitimate physical force to exert command and obedience and enforce its laws.