Sovereignty

• • The electorate holds political sovereignty
  • Parliament holds legal sovereignty
• Has sovereignty moved

  • Executive: due to dominance over parliament
  • SC can challenge parliamentary legislation
  • Devolution has transferred powers away form parliament
  • HRA has given pore to judges to issue declarations of incompatibility
  • EU membership: EU laws used to impact UK laws
• Sovereignty remains the same

  • Parliament maintains sovereignty
  • Parliament allows for creation of devolved bodies na could take powers back
  • Judges can be ignored by parliament, Hirst v UK
  • Parliament has invoked Article 50