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Discuss by reference to the government’s response to the threat posed by terrorism.
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'The precondition of parliamentary sovereignty is that all legislation must conform with rights declared and enforced by judges who are free from political pressure' [Geoffrey Robertson QC, The Times, 8 October 2005]. Discuss by reference to the government's response to the threat posed by terrorism. __________________________________________________________________ There has always been an underlying tension between the judiciary and the executive but with International Terrorism taking center stage both internationally and politically such tensions have been brought into a new light, with each body trying to fulfill its own constitutional role. This problem is only heightened due to the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy, wherein parliament may pass any law it wants. This doctrine is inherently dangerous but the judiciary has always stood as a bulwark against the abuse of wide discretionary powers by over powerful governments. If the judiciary were to become corrupted and besmirched by politics there would be no defence left against the...
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