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Introduction to the Fundamentals of Political Science 22 territory with its total land area of about 8, 599, 776 square miles or 22, 273, 410 square kilometers. Canada has an area of about 3, 849, 674 square miles or about 9, 970, 610 square kilometers which converse a surface nearly as large as Europe. The Philippines has a total land area of about 115, 813 square miles or about 299, 955 square kilometers. A state may either expand or shrink its territory through various cited modes prescribed under international law, to wit: a. Discovery and Subjugation. A mere discovery of a territory would not ripen the ownership claim or the title into perfection, it is imperative that the claimant would pursue effective occupation and subjugation, which must immediately proceed following such discovery. b. Conquest. The force application of either imperialism or colonialism on weakling or loose lands leads to the acquisition or dispossession of a new or old territory, as the case may be. c. Accretion. Boundaries or territorial extents, however, are changeable and are definite given the forces of nature or earthly movements. d. Cession. Lands may be acquired or disowned by either of the following terms or modes: by gift or token, by purchase, or exchange. e. Prescription. Lands may be acquired over the period of time or it may be lost through lapse of time. refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out. The word is sometimes used to refer to the person or aggregate of those persons whose hands are placed for the time being the function of political control. This “body of men” is usually spoken of as “administration.” The ordinary citizens of country are a part of the state, but are not part of the government. may be defined as the supreme power of the state to command and enforce obedience to its will from people without its jurisdiction and to have freedom from foreign control. It has, therefore, two manifestations: • internal or the power of the state to rule within its territory, and • external or the freedom of the state to carry out its activities without subjection to or control by other states. External sovereignty is often referred to as independence. These internal and external aspects of sovereignty are not absolutely true in practice because of the development of international relations and consequently, of international law. ▪Auto-Limitation. It purports that any State may by its consent, expressed, or implied, submit to a restriction of its sovereign rights. There may, thus, be a curtailment of what otherwise is a power plenary in character. ▪ Imperium. The state’s authority to govern is embraced in the concept of sovereignty that include passing laws governing a territory, maintaining peace and order over it, and defending it against foreign invasion. ▪ Dominium. The capacity of a State to own or acquire territory. GOVERNMENT SOVEREIGNTY Principles of Sovereignty