Explain How The Us Constitution Is Made Up Of The Five Sources Of Uk Constitution

a) The UK Constitution is made up of 5 sources: Statute law; Common law; Conventions; works of constitutional authority; and EU law. Statute law is the highest form of law in the UK and is passed by Parliament. Two of the most significant statute laws created in the UK are the Parliamentary Act of 1911, changing supremacy from the House of Lords to the House of Commons and the Human Rights Acts of 1998, which created a legal written document outlining the Human Rights for UK citizens. However, EU Law has the power to strike down UK law in the European Court of Justice if it contradicts EU law. This power is due to section 2 in the Treaty of Rome of 1972 that makes EU law superior. Finally common law is a source of the UK Constitution and is also known as Judicial law as it is the power Judges have to interpret laws in court, as no law is precise enough not to require interpretation.

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The first being the absence of a codified constitution, meaning that there is no higher law than parliament, therefore making it sovereign. Secondly, the fact that Statute law is supreme law makes parliament consequently sovereign as it is parliament that creates these laws. Additionally there are no rival legislatures that have the power to challenge parliamentary sovereignty, therefore it must remain. Lastly no parliament has the power to create a law that binds it’s successors, thus parliament can never do anything that can’t be undone by the next parliament, so parliament will always remain sovereign.

c) Recently, the extent of parliamentary sovereignty has come under scrutiny due to the way entering the EU and giving Scotland, Wales and Northern Island devolution has made sovereignty less distinct. However, when put under inspection, are these threats powerful enough to overrule Parliamentary