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Abstract. The doctrine of parliamentary supremacy is often called parliamentary sovereignty. Sovereignty can be defined for present purposes as the possession of unlimited legal power within a community, although the term is sometimes used merely to mean the highest legal authority, for example the head of state.
議會主權 （也稱為 議會至上 ）（英語： parliamentary sovereignty, parliamentary supremacy, legislative supremacy ）是一些 議會制 民主國家 採納的一個概念。. 其基本觀點為， 議會 擁有絕對的權力，並且對其他所有 政府機構 ，包括 行政機構 和 司法機構 ，都具有至高無上的 ...
The supremacy of the rule of law entails recognition of a fundamental division of sovereignty. The common law, which today holds the existence of a free and democratic society as its basic tenet, must be viewed as built on two complementary and lawfully unalterable principles: the operation of a democratic legislature and the operation of ...
If parliamentary sovereignty is only a grander name for the doctrine of legislative supremacy, it may operate within the constitutional framework of the rule of law.
This chapter sketches the history leading to parliamentary supremacy. It discusses the theories behind the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy; restrictions on the power of Parliament; how parliamentary supremacy compares with constitutional supremacy; and how parliamentary supremacy fits with the separation of powers and the rule of law.
Abstract. This chapter examines the constitutional principle of parliamentary supremacy (which can also be called parliamentary sovereignty). The principle asserts that Acts of the UK Parliament are the highest form of law and prevents the judiciary questioning the validity of primary legislation (for example, that it contradicts another ...
3.1.2 The classic definition of parliamentary supremacy is that offered by Dicey: • Parliament is the supreme law-making authority; • Parliament is competent to legislate on any subject matter; • no Parliament can be bound by a predecessor or bind a successor; and • no other body has the ability to override or set aside an Act of ...
