Constitutional and Administrative Law
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Constitutional and Administrative Law 'Since, moreover, Parliamentary Sovereignty obtains its ultimate sanction from judicial acceptance - it is a common law doctrine in that sense - it is quite implausible to suppose that it really must be absolute.'1 Parliamentary Sovereignty centralises the fact that Parliament is the supreme legal authority in the United Kingdom. Highlighting the fact that there are considerable differences between the United Kingdom and a number of other countries. Within the United Kingdom Parliament is able to make and unmake laws in accordance with the specific doctrine, however, for example, in the United States the legislature is prevented by the constitution in the laws it can or cannot make. The Supreme Court in the United States can declare laws passed by the legislature to be unconstitutional, thus making it invalid. The differences between both countries are clear. The traditional view in the United Kingdom that Parliament is not bound...

