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Parliamentary Sovereignty: In the absence of a written constitution, the concept of parliamentary sovereignty, or supremacy, is often cited as one of the cornerstones of the United Kingdom constitution. The traditional analysis of the United Kingdom's constitution identifies, as one of its key features, the notion that Parliament, as the legislature, is sovereign, by which is meant the absence of any legal restraint on the legislative powers of the United Kingdom Parliament. The classical definition of sovereignty, offered from a constitutional law rather than a jurisprudential perspective is that of AV Dicey. Dicey stated that - Parliament is the supreme law making body and may enact laws on any subject matter; No Parliament can may be bound by a predecessor or bind a successor; No person or body - including a court of law - may question the validity of the Parliament's enactments. In effect, it means that Parliament has competence to alter any aspect...

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