Parliamentary Sovereignty Flashcards
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Definition
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Comes from A.V Dicey. According to Dicey there are three reasons why parliament can be seen as the supreme law making power in the UK.
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- Parliament can pass a law on any subject matter.
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For example during the COVID pandemic Parliament enacted legislation that literally kept everyone in the country in their houses during lockdown.
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- No parliament can bind its successor
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For example, our next Parliament could take the UK back into the EU.
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- No court can question the legitimacy of Parliamentary law
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For example a judge might not want to give a life sentence to a murderer. In
(R v Inglis) a mother killed out of compassion for her son. Despite the a judge not wanting to give a life sentence he would have to because of parliament’s decision to impose life sentences for murder