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parlimentary soverignity
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06/09/2007

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Parliamentary Sovergnity
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right to make or unmake any law whatsoever, - an unfettered and unchallenged jurisdicition
DICEY
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Pickin vs British Railway board
Definition
Courts can intrepret statutes but cannot question whether something should be a statue or not
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Bill of Rights Article 9, 1689
Definition
Proceeding in Parliament cannot be challenged outside Parliment.
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Parliamnet may ban smoking on the streets of paris if it wishes
Definition
jenning
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Chenney Vs Conn
Definition
Statutes overrider international treaties.
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Blackburn vs AG
Definition
Treates must be enacted to have domestic effect. (by parliament)
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Madzimbamuto vs Lardner Burke
Definition
statutes overrider conventions.
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Burmah Oil vs lord Adovcate
Definition
Statute may operate retrospetively (War Damage act.
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Burmah Oil vs lord Adovcate
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Statute may operate retrospetively (War Damage act.
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War Crimes act, 1991
Definition
retroactive legislation.
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War Crimes act, 1991
Definition
retroactive legislation.
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The acts of the Union 1707
Definition
no part of scots law may be altered save for the evident utility of subjects in scotland
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ellen street estates vs Minister for Health
Definition
Doctrine of implied repeal (latter act prevails perserving supremacy of temporal parliment.
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Thorburn vs Sunderland City Council
Definition
Ordinary statutes are subject to implied repeal, consitutional statues are not.
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AG for New South Wales vs Tretmorthan
Definition
Manner and form prevosions re methodolgy of parliment are binding on australian parliment.
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Consitutional Conventions
Definition
Passage of legislation, passing between the houses. Assent by the queen, 4-5 year elections
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Jackson vs Attorney General
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relationship of delegate legislation to statue
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Factor Tame
Definition
EC Legilation will be given primacy over UK legislation if incompatbile.
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ec parte blood
Definition
Factortame similar. (ec legislation given primacy over UK)
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