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“The principle…of parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely that 'Parliament' has 'the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to ov
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"The principle...of parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely that "Parliament" has "the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament,"".1 It is a recognised fact that the United Kingdom does not have a written constitution. The lack of a codified constitutional document detailing the rules of the state and the relationship between its institutions and between the people leads some writers, such as F.F. Ridley, to regard the United Kingdom as having "no (formal) constitution". The principle of this essay is to discuss whether the UK in reality does have a constitution and if so whether it is accurate to say that parliament is supreme within it. It will also examine how the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has weakened...
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