Is the sovereignty of the UK Parliament a meaningless concept and should it be abandoned?


Dossier / Travail, 2011

6 Pages, Note: 77%


Résumé ou Introduction

This paper considers whether the concept of ‘parliamentary sovereignty’ is a reality in the modern United Kingdom.

To frame the boundaries of this essay, ‘parliamentary’ is taken as referring to action taken by the Westminster-based tripartite authorities of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the British monarchy.

Since an incontrovertible definition of ‘sovereignty’ is more difficult, I turn to Dicey (1915) who uses two criteria. Firstly, Parliament has ‘the right to make or unmake any law’, and secondly ‘no person or body is recognized by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament’.

Taking these together, I define ‘parliamentary sovereignty’ as a concept which considers that the Westminster Parliament has complete control over the legal affairs of the UK and that no individual or body can override any Act of Parliament. This also incorporates the Diceyan concept that no Parliament can bind its successor.

In recent decades, the reality of parliamentary sovereignty has been increasingly questioned due to a number of constitutional changes. In particular, this paper considers the impact on parliamentary sovereignty of: (i) membership of the European Union; (ii) the passing of the Human Rights Act; (iii) the changing role of the judiciary; and (iv) devolution.

Résumé des informations

Titre
Is the sovereignty of the UK Parliament a meaningless concept and should it be abandoned?
Université
Birkbeck, University of London  (University of London)
Cours
Contemporary British Politics
Note
77%
Auteur
Année
2011
Pages
6
N° de catalogue
V207479
ISBN (ebook)
9783656348078
Taille d'un fichier
500 KB
Langue
anglais
Mots clés
parliament
Citation du texte
Roy Whymark (Auteur), 2011, Is the sovereignty of the UK Parliament a meaningless concept and should it be abandoned?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/207479

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