brexit and sovereignty Flashcards
essay plan for the view that PS has been undermined
Decisions in Parliament are in practice (political sovereignty) dominated by the executive with its majority in the HoC and control by the whips
Parliament has lost political sovereignty to the Supreme Court
The UK Parliament has lost political sovereignty to devolved parliaments
Parliament has lost political sovereignty to the people with more referendums used
essay plan against the view that PS has been undermined
Parliament traditionally has full legal sovereignty through the constitutional principle of parliamentary sovereignty
Parliament regained political sovereignty with Brexit (although some EU law still applies in Northern Ireland as part of the deal to avoid a hard border)
Parliament retains legal sovereignty on the Supreme Court, devolution and referendums
what law has reduced the influence of EU laws on NI
“Stormont brake”. This would let the Northern Ireland Assembly - which creates laws in Northern Ireland - to object to new EU rules.
EU laws no longer applying
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - Under the bill’s provisions, about 2,400 EU laws that were kept on the UK statute book after Brexit, to ensure continuity, will be automatically deleted at the end of next year, except in cases where ministers decide that there should be exemptions.
