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Does the ultra vires Doctrine provide the best justification for judicial Review in the British Constitution? This essay seeks to disprove the view that the ultra vires doctrine provides the best justification for judicial review. The premise of this essay is that the doctrine is the generally accepted justification for review but however may not be very stable as a ground for the courts' jurisdiction on the matter of questioning legislation. This discussion will begin by (1) defining the meaning of judicial review and considering what the doctrine of ultra vires entails then (2) assessing the shortcomings of the doctrine of ultra vires and then proceeding to (3) analyse other more solid justifications the courts may have in intervening in legislative matters and why they may be more suited to the modern British constitution. I will finally end with a conclusion as to why the ultra vires doctrine does not provide...

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