The sovereignty of Parliament history and philosophy
In British constitutional law, the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty maintains that Parliament has unlimited legislative authority. Critics have recently challenged this doctrine, on historical and philosophical grounds. This book describes its historical origins and development and identifies t...
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press
2002
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction2. Defining Parliamentary SovereigntyA. Parliament and Sovereignty DefinedB. Sovereignty and Higher Law3. From Bracton to the ReformationA. Medieval Kingship, Law and PoliticsB. Parliament and its AuthorityC. Parliament as a Law-makerD. Parliament and the CourtsE. Parliament in Legal TheoryF. Parliament and the Church4. The Sixteenth CenturyA. The Authority of Parliament ExtendedB. The Supremacy of Parliament RecognisedC. Two Theories of the Authority of ParliamentD. Royalist TheoriesE. Parliamentarian TheoriesF. Prelude to the Seventeenth Century5. From James I to the RestorationA. Political Theories in Early Stuart EnglandB. Royalist Theories of the Authority of ParliamentC. Parliamentarian Theories of the Authority of ParliamentD. Common Law Theories of the Authority of ParliamentE. Parliamentary Sovereignty AffirmedF. The Interregnum6. From the Restoration to the RevolutionA. Monarchist IdeologiesB. Whig Ideology7. After the RevolutionA. Whig and Tory ConsensusB. The Union of England and ScotlandC. Legal Sovereignty, Popular Sovereignty, and the Right of ResistanceD. Law-Making Power and Constitutional PrincipleE. British Opinion During the American CrisisF. Judicial Opinion and Legal TheoryG. American Revolutionary Constitutional TheoryH. The Reform Movement in Britain8. The Nineteenth Century9. Historical Conclusions10. The Philosophical Foundations of Parliamentary SovereigntyA. Parliamentary Sovereignty and Legal PhilosophyB. Law as the Foundation of Law-making AuthorityC. The Common Law as the Foundation of Law-making AuthorityD. Legal Principles as the Foundation of Law-making AuthorityE. The Practice of British OfficialsF. Official Consensus as the Foundation of Law-making AuthorityG. The Argument From Extreme CasesH. Further ArgumentsI. The Alleged Necessity of Judicially Enforceable Constitutional RightsBibliographyLibrary of Congress subject headings for this publication:Great Britain.
- Parliament
- History.Legislative power
- Great Britain
- History.Sovereignty
- History.
