Subscriber-only episode Parliamentary sovereignty faces significant challenges from EU membership and the Human Rights Act, reshaping the UK's constitutional framework. We explore how these developments have created a "special legal order" that impacts Parliament's traditional supremacy while maintaining its theoretical sovereignty. • EU membership created a new legal order where community law takes precedence over inconsistent national law • The European Communities Act 1972 incorporates EU...
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Subscriber-only episode Parliamentary sovereignty faces significant challenges from EU membership and the Human Rights Act, reshaping the UK's constitutional framework. We explore how these developments have created a "special legal order" that impacts Parliament's traditional supremacy while maintaining its theoretical sovereignty. • EU membership created a new legal order where community law takes precedence over inconsistent national law • The European Communities Act 1972 incorporates EU...
🔒 Constitutional Law Explained: What Makes the UK System Different from Codified Constitutions?
Law Sessions With Jennifer Housen’s Podcast
11 minutes
6 months ago
🔒 Constitutional Law Explained: What Makes the UK System Different from Codified Constitutions?
Subscriber-only episode Constitutional frameworks differ significantly across jurisdictions, with the UK's uncodified constitution contrasting sharply with the codified documents found in countries like Jamaica, South Africa, Nigeria, and the United States. Despite common misconceptions, the UK does have a constitution, though its character as unwritten, unitary, supreme, and flexible creates a unique legal framework centered on parliamentary sovereignty. • Unitary constitutions place power ...
Law Sessions With Jennifer Housen’s Podcast
Subscriber-only episode Parliamentary sovereignty faces significant challenges from EU membership and the Human Rights Act, reshaping the UK's constitutional framework. We explore how these developments have created a "special legal order" that impacts Parliament's traditional supremacy while maintaining its theoretical sovereignty. • EU membership created a new legal order where community law takes precedence over inconsistent national law • The European Communities Act 1972 incorporates EU...
