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In constitutional law, the word 'Parliament' is referred to as the supreme legislature of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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AS Law - Assignment 3 (2:3) In constitutional law, the word 'Parliament' is referred to as the supreme legislature of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It consists, technically, of the Monarchy, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, but generally only the last two. It is recognized that the main aspect of Parliament is the House of Lords which is the legislative branch of government. It is important to identify that no statute (an Act of Parliament) may become law or be altered or repealed, without its consent and authorisation, and therefore all powers of local government derive from Parliamentary acts. As a result, if Parliament passed an act where all British citizens had to own a hosepipe, it would become law and the courts would be obliged to apply it. Willes J. summarises this view in the following statement, "We do not sit here...
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