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How Do the Conceptions of Parliamentary Sovereignty Affect the Relationship between the Courts and Parliament?
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Kate Gannon Group 11 How Do the Conceptions of Parliamentary Sovereignty Affect the Relationship between the Courts and Parliament? Together Parliament and the courts comprise the backbone of the English governing system; the common perception being that parliament initiates and codifies the law while the judges merely implement it. However with a top political figure such as David Blunkett remarking as recently as March 2003 how "parliament debates issues and judges overturn them" this notion is obviously not as clear cut as may at first be presumed. Written in the late 19th century AV Dicey devised a model of parliamentary sovereignty most in line with the laymen's view outlined above. It was founded in a time when England as a whole was a strong sovereign state whos methods of government were subjected to few outside influences and although much has changed since its publication it still remains the classical definition of sovereignty. For...
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