Your Status: Logged out Log in

A) Explain what the phrase Parliamentary Supremacy  

Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Wed Nov 16 2005

Page Preview
Preview
Previous 1 of 2 Next

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

The principle of this essay is to explain the term parliamentary supremacy and whether it is accurate to articulate that parliament is really supreme. Parliament Supremacy is one of the three principles which are essential to the Constitution .The Constitution is a set of unwritten rules that determine the country's' nature and power of the state constitution based on the Golden Principle "one is free to do anything as long as it is not prohibited". Other wise referred to as "parliamentary sovereignty", parliamentary supremacy is a proposal put forward by Dicey which stands for the parliament as being supreme and immensely superior law making body in the country. Not only can it make the law but it has the power to eliminate and discard any laws. As a quote referred by Blackstone states "What parliament doth no power on earth can undo" Blackstone clearly stated no matter how powerful another individual...

Get instant access



  • Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
  • Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
  • To see the full version of this document and 146,166 others
Register Now
OR

Receive email updates for this category



  • Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
  • Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
  • Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk