Weakness

• Common law can Be vague and disputed it can also be set aside by parliamentary status
• Parliamentary remains sovereign and so can ignore the ECHR or even appeal the HRA- example prisoners have not yet been given the right to vote in the UK
• There is an increasing pressure on government as a result of international terrorism to cultrail rights in the intreated of national security the right to privacy, the right of association and expression as well as freedom from imprisonment without trail are all threatend