chapter 4 - sovereignity

Question 1

What is it?

Answer 1

A power that cannot be overruled.
A sovereign body can delegate power to others but reserves the right to recover these powers when it wants to.

Question 2

Legal sovereignty

Answer 2

Traditionally belonged to Parliament.

Question 3

Political sovereignty

Answer 3

The people have it. Through elections, delegates legal sovereignty to parliament

Question 4

Parliament features

Answer 4

-Key law making + amending body in Britain.
-Make laws on any subject incl. changes to constitution.
-No law can be entrenched.
-No court or higher body can strike down a law made by them.

Question 6

Devolution reduced parliamentary sovereignty as..

Answer 6

Introduced by Labour following 1997 election, transferred authority to make laws on certain subjects to bodies other than the UK Parliament.
SP adn NIP gained primary legislative control over key areas such as health and education.

Question 7

The use of referendums..

Answer 7

On key constitutional issues such as Brexit.
The use of them challenges parliamentary sovereignty as they’re unlikely to defy the will of the people and require people consent before implementing any major constitutional changes.
-therfore been transferred to popular sovereignty regarding key constitutional changes.

Question 8

Creation Of supreme court

Answer 8

as it moved UKs highest court out of the HOL.
This increased judicial independence was designed to make it an effective check on parliament + government.