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Parliamentary sovereignty. Parliamentary sovereignty, also called parliamentary supremacy or legislative supremacy, is a concept in the constitutional law of some parliamentary democracies. It holds that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty and is supreme over all other government institutions, including executive or judicial bodies.
Learn the definition, history and significance of parliamentary sovereignty, the principle that makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK. Find out how it works and how it differs from the EU system.
A lecture on the history, sources and implications of Parliamentary Sovereignty, a statement of law that the Westminster Parliament is legally entitled to pass, amend or repeal any law it wishes. The lecture covers the development of Parliamentary Sovereignty from the 17th century to the present, and its relation to the common law, the constitution and the courts.
Learn the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, which allows acts of Parliament to be passed without judicial review or constitutional entrenchment, and its critics and defenders. Find related references and links to more detailed explanations in Oxford Reference.
Parliamentary sovereignty is a principle of the UK constitution that makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK, which can create or end any law. Learn how it works, how it has been affected by political developments and how it differs from the EU's system of government.
A chapter from a book on the history and philosophy of parliamentary sovereignty, the doctrine that the UK Parliament is the supreme law-making body. It explains the terms 'parliament' and 'sovereignty' and traces their origins from the Middle Ages.
Constitutional law - Parliamentary, Sovereignty, Democracy: The executive is organized very differently in a parliamentary system. In the United Kingdom, whose Westminster system has been adopted in many countries, the executive branch is not entirely separate from the legislative branch.
