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  2. 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.

  3. Sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    This is the origin of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty and is usually seen as the fundamental principle of the British constitution. With these principles of parliamentary sovereignty, majority control can gain access to unlimited constitutional authority, creating what has been called "elective dictatorship" or "modern autocracy".

  4. Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Parliamentary sovereignty is a description of the extent to which the Parliament of the United Kingdom has absolute and unlimited power. It is framed in terms of the extent of authority that parliament holds, and whether there are any sorts of law that it cannot pass. [1]

  5. United Kingdom constitutional law - Wikipedia

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    Parliament was recognised as a forum for the King for "common counsel" in Magna Carta, sealing a tradition going back to the Anglo-Saxon Witan. The principle of a "democratic society" is generally seen as a fundamental legitimating factor of both Parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law.

  6. Politics of the United Kingdom in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    The latter had the right to convene parliament for sessions, however, with the countersignature and upon the request of the Prime Minister. [3] At the same time, the sovereign was the one who opened and closed sessions, as parliament worked in sessional mode. Parliamentary work lasted throughout the week, usually from the afternoon until late ...

  7. Act of Parliament (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Parliament has also devolved significant powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru. Because of its sovereignty, it is free to overrule or even abolish these institutions (a recent instance when it did was the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019).

  8. Taxation no Tyranny - Wikipedia

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    Johnson's phrase "in sovereignty, there are no gradations" is widely quoted, [2] [3] and even influenced John Wesley in his "A Calm Address To Our American Colonies". [4] Johnson won the praise of William Searle Holdsworth for his much clearer description of Parliamentary Sovereignty than the one described by William Blackstone. Holdsworth was ...

  9. Claim of Right 1989 - Wikipedia

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    A Claim of Right for Scotland was a document crafted by the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly in 1988, declaring the sovereignty of the Scottish people. It was signed by all then-serving Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs, with the exception of Tam Dalyell (Labour), [1] a strident opponent of devolution.