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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Goldsworthy holds a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where his major interests are legal philosophy, and constitutional law, theory and history. Klappentext This book analyses and defends parliamentary sovereignty, its compatibility with recent constitutional developments, and Parliament's capacity to control its own sovereignty. Zusammenfassung This examination of the ultimate foundations of Britain's customary constitution explores the past! present and possible future of parliamentary sovereignty! how recent constitutional developments have affected it! the relationship between Parliament! the courts and the protection of human rights! and how Parliament can effectively control its own sovereign authority. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The myth of the common law constitution; 3. Legislative sovereignty and the rule of law; 4. Homogenising constitutions; 5. Abdicating and limiting Parliament's sovereignty; 6. Trethowan's case; 7. Requirements as to procedure or form for legislating; 8. Judicial review, legislative override, and democracy; 9. Parliamentary sovereignty and statutory interpretation; 10. Challenging parliamentary sovereignty: past, present and future.
