Parliamentary sovereignty : contemporary debates / Jeffrey Goldsworthy.
2010
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Author
Title
Parliamentary sovereignty : contemporary debates / Jeffrey Goldsworthy.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Call Number
KD4210 .G65 2010
ISBN
9780521884723 (hbk.)
0521884721 (hbk.)
9780521140195
0521140196
9780511909351 (e-book)
0511909357 (e-book)
0521884721 (hbk.)
9780521140195
0521140196
9780511909351 (e-book)
0511909357 (e-book)
Description
xii, 326 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)636567423
Summary
"This book has four main themes: (1) a criticism of 'common law constitutionalism', the theory that Parliament's authority is conferred by, and therefore is or can be made subordinate to judge-made common law; (2) an analysis of Parliament's ability to abdicate, limit or regulate the exercise of its own authority, including a revision of Dicey's conception of sovereignty, a repudiation of the doctrine of implied repeal and the proposal of a novel theory of 'manner and form' requirements for law-making; (3) an examination of the relationship between parliamentary sovereignty and statutory interpretation, defending the reality of legislative intentions, and their indispensability to sensible interpretation and respect for parliamentary sovereignty; and (4) an assessment of the compatibility of parliamentary sovereignty with recent constitutional developments, including the expansion of judicial review of administrative action, the Human Rights and European Communities Acts and the growing recognition of 'constitutional principles' and 'constitutional statutes'"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
1
2.
The myth of the common law constitution
14
I.
Introduction
14
II.
The historical record
18
III.
Philosophical analysis
47
3.
Legislative sovereignty and the rule of law
57
I.
Introduction
57
II.
Legal principle or political ideal?
58
III.
The content of the rule of law
61
IV.
̀Thin' conceptions of the rule of law
63
V.
̀Thicker' conceptions of the rule of law
66
VI.
Conclusion
78
4.
Homogenising costitutions
79
I.
Introduction
79
II.
The rule of law in liberal democracies
82
III.
Institutional authority
84
IV.
The concept of law
87
V.
The rule of law as law
95
VI.
The interpretation of written constitutions
101
VIII.
Conclusions
104
5.
Abdicating and limiting Parliament's sovereignty
106
I.
Introduction
106
II.
Some clarifications
109
III.
Competing theories
113
A.
Limitations imposed by the judiciary: common law constitutionalism
113
B.
Limitations imposed by Parliament
114
1.
The procedurally self-embracing theory
114
2.
The full self-embracing theory
115
3.
The constituent power theory
116
4.
The abdication theory
118
C.
Limitations imposed by a change in official consensus
122
1.
The hard cases theory
122
2.
The legal revolution theory
123
3.
The consensual change theory
125
IV.
Oliver's theory scrutinised
126
V.
Conclusion
137
6.
Trethowan's case
141
I.
Introduction
141
II.
Background
141
III.
Parliamentary privilege
150
IV.
The validity and bindingness of s. 7A
151
A.
Reconstitution
156
B.
Manner and form
160
C.
Political principle and legal logic
166
V.
Aftermath and consequences
169
7.
Requirements as to procedure or form for legislating
174
I.
Introduction
174
II.
Alternative and restrictive requirements: Jackson's case
176
III.
Policy considerations
179
IV.
Distinguishing requirements as to procedure or form from interpretive presumptions
182
V.
Beyond the stereotypes: the variety of requirements as to procedure or form
186
VI.
Validity, enforceability and bindingness
187
VII.
Sources and limits of the validity and enforceability of requirements as to procedure and form
189
VIII.
Is the ̀manner and form' provision in s. 6 of the Australia Act redundant?
197
IX.
Reconstitution
198
X.
Conclusion
199
8.
Judicial review, legislative override, and democracy
202
I.
The ǹotwithstanding clause'
202
II.
The rights-based objection to constitutional rights
205
III.
Goal-based objections to constitutional rights
211
IV.
The desuetude of s. 33
217
V.
Conclusion
222
9.
Parliamentary sovereignty and statutory interpretation
225
I.
Introduction
225
II.
The indispensability of legislative intentions
232
A.
Clarifying interpretation
236
1.
Ambiguity and ellipsis
236
2.
Presuppositions
238
B.
Creative interpretation
243
III.
Evidence of legislative intention
247
IV.
Alternatives to intentionalism
251
A.
Judicial override
251
B.
Constructivism
254
C.
Criticism of constructivism
259
V.
Conclusion
263
10.
Challenging parliamentary sovereignty: Past, present and future
267
I.
Introduction
267
II.
The past
268
A.
Doctor Bonham's case and the common law tradition
268
B.
The Parliament of Scotland before the Union
270
C.
The philosophical origins of parliamentary sovereignty
272
D.
The ̀collaborative model'
275
III.
The present and future
280
A.
Judicial review of administrative action
281
B.
The Anisminic case
285
C.
Britain and the European Community
287
1.
Implied repeal and different subject-matters
290
2.
Statutory interpretation, legislative intention, and legislative mistakes
293
D.
Judicial review under the Human Rights Act
299
E.
The common law protection of rights
304
F.
Constitutional statutes
312
G.
Constitutional principles
314