Question: What is meant by the term parliamentary supremacy? What are its implications in matters other than those raised by the UK's membership of the European Union?
Answer: In most states, the validity of any law can be traced back to a written constitution, which forms the basis of the organisation of the State. In the UK, however, once the origin of a legal rule is traced back to an Act of Parliament, there is no further document by which the validity of that Act can be determined. Instead, the lawyer is forced simply to assert the proposition that an Act of Parliament is law, because Parliament has the power to enact laws. Why Parliament has that power is an interesting historical and political question, but the lawyer is generally happy to accept the existence of Parliament’s power as very much established and thus unquestioned and unquestionable. The historical origins of parliamentary supremacy lie in the gradual development of the accepted pract......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 70% | Course: European Union Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 2169 | References: No | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: January 27, 2013 | Coursework ID: 769
