- Principle that the parliament is ultimate authority
- Law made by parliament is statute law
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“No parliament can bind its successor”
- An elected parliament can enact a new law to override a previous law
Parliamentary sovereignty
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Safety of Rwanda Act 2024
Recognises Parliamentary sovereignty as in European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020
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Reformation Parliament (1529–1536)
Asserted Parliamentary sovereignty, in that parliament could carry out constitutional change through statute law
- Principles of the British Constitution
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Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Demonstrates Parliamentary sovereignty
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Bill of Rights (1689)
Established Parliamentary sovereignty
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Act of Settlement (1701)
Asserts Parliamentary sovereignty over the monarchy: they can change the line of succession as they please
- 3.1.1.1 The nature and sources of the British Constitution