Giving Substance to Sovereignty: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Parliamentary Effectiveness
(2021)
Book Chapter
McHarg, A. (2021). Giving Substance to Sovereignty: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Parliamentary Effectiveness. In B. Dickson, & C. McCormick (Eds.), The Judicial Mind: A Festschrift for Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore. Bloomsbury
In its celebrated prorogation judgment, the Supreme Court made novel and controversial use of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty to hold that Parliament could not lawfully be impeded in the exercise of its legislative function without reasona... Read More about Giving Substance to Sovereignty: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Parliamentary Effectiveness.