Parliamentary Sovereignty

... Parliamentary Sovereignty Parliament has sovereignty in the UK, which is a principle of the UK constitution that makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK. Through this constitution Parliament has the right to create, amend and remove any law, including common law made by judges, however they cannot create any laws that a future Parliament cannot change. Any Acts made by Parliament is supreme over all other laws for example in court if a case comes before a judge that is relevant to an out of date piece of primary legislation the legislation will prevail unless Parliament expressly or impliedly repeal it. Parliament sovereignty is a subject to the Doctrine of Implied Repeal, which states that if an Act made by the current Parliament conflicts with an old act of Parliament the new act take precedent over the conflicting parts of the old one. The Doctrine is the reason why

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