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The most conventional meaning of the 'legislative supremacy of Parliament' was adopted by Dicey
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The most conventional meaning of the 'legislative supremacy of Parliament' was adopted by Dicey1 who described it by: ''(N) either more nor less than this, namely, that parliament thus defined as, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatsoever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.'' The unlimited legislative authority consisted of the Queen, the HL2 and the HC3. In terms of Dicey's explanation, the principle of legislative supremacy had both negative and positive aspects. On the negative aspect, it meant that there was 'no person or body of person who can....make rules which override or derogate from an Act of Parliament'. Alternatively, the positive aspect, it meant that all acts of Parliament and whatever their purpose, would be acted upon by the courts. Wade committed...
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