We have 3 types of law in this country, statute law, common law, and customs. Our great Charter tells us the common law is the Law of the land. Statute is or should be inferior to the common law. They are Sovereign Legislators, not Sovereign Law makers. Parliament is sovereign over government, their own house not everything. This theory of Parliament being Sovereign Law makers doesn't stand up to scrutiny or logic. All sorted out in 1688/9. It's just wrong! Dicey talked of statute law sovereignty, not Law.
Parliament is the sovereign law making authority. Hundreds of years of Constitutional Theory, Common Law judgements and collective understanding has made this patently clear.
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To what extent the Dicey's conception of rule of law meets present UK legal system?
Thank you for sharing this interesting lecture.
Are there any other principles that the judiciaries are subject to when interpreting the law?
Why has no-one answered this question? It is pivotal to comprehending our current judiciary!
Thank you so much sir,keep it up
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We have 3 types of law in this country, statute law, common law, and customs.
Our great Charter tells us the common law is the Law of the land. Statute is or should be inferior to the common law.
They are Sovereign Legislators, not Sovereign Law makers. Parliament is sovereign over government, their own house not everything.
This theory of Parliament being Sovereign Law makers doesn't stand up to scrutiny or logic. All sorted out in 1688/9.
It's just wrong! Dicey talked of statute law sovereignty, not Law.
Parliament is the sovereign law making authority. Hundreds of years of Constitutional Theory, Common Law judgements and collective understanding has made this patently clear.