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  2. Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The terms "parliamentary sovereignty" and "parliamentary supremacy" are often used interchangeably. The term "sovereignty" implies a similarity to the question of national sovereignty . [ 4 ] While writer John Austin and others have looked to combine parliamentary and national sovereignty, this view is not universally held.

  3. R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms

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    Parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament can, if it chooses, legislate contrary to fundamental principles of human rights. ... The constraints upon its exercise by Parliament are ultimately political, not legal. But the principle of legality means that Parliament must squarely confront what it is doing and accept the political cost.

  4. Parliamentary sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. United Kingdom constitutional law - Wikipedia

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    The constitutional principles of parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, democracy and internationalism guide the UK's modern political system. The central institutions of modern government are Parliament, the judiciary , the executive, the civil service and public bodies which implement policies, and regional and local governments.

  6. A. V. Dicey - Wikipedia

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    He argued that the British Parliament was "an absolutely sovereign legislature" with the "right to make or unmake any law". In the book, he defined the term constitutional law as including "all rules which directly or indirectly affect the distribution or the exercise of the sovereign power in the state". [ 7 ]

  7. R (Jackson) v Attorney General - Wikipedia

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    R (Jackson) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56 is a House of Lords case noted for containing obiter comments by the judiciary acting in their official capacity [note 1] suggesting that there may be limits to parliamentary sovereignty, the orthodox position being that it is unlimited in the United Kingdom.

  8. Thoburn v Sunderland City Council - Wikipedia

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    Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [1] (also known as the "Metric Martyrs case") is a UK constitutional and administrative law case, concerning the interaction of EU law and an Act of Parliament. It is important for its recognition of the supremacy of EU law and the basis for that recognition.

  9. R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal

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    Richard Ekins said the ruling "undermines the rule of law and violates the sovereignty of Parliament". [2] According to Ekins, any judge who deliberately ignored an ouster clause "would warrant removal from office in accordance with the terms of the Senior Courts Act 1981 ".