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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. Cheney v Conn - Wikipedia

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    Parliamentary supremacy Cheney v Conn (Inspector of Taxes) [1968] 1 WLR 242, [1968] 1 All ER 779, also known as Cheney v Inland Revenue Commissioners was a decision of the English High Court in which the Court ruled that statutes made by Parliament could not be void on grounds of illegality, restating the principle that Parliament is supreme .

  4. 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.

  5. Constitution of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    (London, Houses of Parliament. The Sun Shining through the Fog by Claude Monet, 1904). Parliament (from old French, parler, "to talk") is the UK's highest law-making body.. Although the British constitution is not codified, the Supreme Court recognises constitutional principles, [10] and constitutional statutes, [11] which shape the use of political power. There are at least four main ...

  6. United Kingdom constitutional law - Wikipedia

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    After the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution 1688, Parliament won supremacy over the monarch, the church and the courts, and the Bill of Rights 1689 recorded that the "election of members of Parliament ought to be free".

  7. Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 - Wikipedia

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    Section 2(2) of the Parliament Act 1949 provides that the two Acts are to be construed as one. The Parliament Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 13) asserted the supremacy of the House of Commons by limiting the legislation-blocking powers of the House of Lords (the suspensory veto). Provided the provisions of the Act are met, legislation can be passed ...

  8. Supermajority - Wikipedia

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    Parliamentary supremacy meant that theoretically the Act could be circumvented by a government with a majority that wanted to bypass the requirement for a two-thirds vote by passing an act that stated, "Notwithstanding the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, a general election will be called on DATE".

  9. Parliamentary supremacy - Wikipedia

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