The such a determinate human superior must not himself obey any other higher authority, His will is supreme over all individuals and association and he is subject to no control,direct or indirect.the determinate human superior may act unwisely,or dishonestly, or in an ethical sense,unjustly,but for the purpose of the legal theory ghe character of his action is unimportant.so long as laws emanate from the legal sovereign, they are commands which must be obeyed.
That the sovereign receives habitual obedience from the bulk of the community. That is to say,obedience must be matter of habit and not merely occasional. Obedience rendered to an authority for short time does not mak it a sovereign, Austin's thesis is that obedience to the sovereign authority must be continuous, regular, undisturbed and uninterrupted. Moreover, obedience rendered to the sovereign must not necessarily be from the whole of the society. It is enough for purposes of the sovereign power if it comes from the bulk of the society--its large majority. Where habitual obedience from the bulk of th society is not forthcoming there is no sovereign power. Thus, sovereignty involves not only the submission of the many but also its permanence.
That command is the essence of law. Whatever the sovereign commands is law, and law prescribes to do certain things and not to do others Failure to obey laws, as commanded, is visited by a penalty.
That the sovereign power is indivisible. It is a unity and is incapabl of division, Division of sovereignty means destruction of sovereignty.
In brief, Austin's analysis of sovereignty embraces the existence of the supreme power which is determinate, absolut illimitable,inalienable,in divisible, all-comprehensive and permanent. It is subject to no limitation or command by any other superior person.