THE EFFECT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972 AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 ON THE UK'S CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER CONSIDERING THE PRINCIPLE OF PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY
THE EFFECT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972 AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 ON THE UK'S CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER CONSIDERING THE PRINCIPLE OF PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY
Author(s): Jelena SanfeySubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Удружење за европско право - Центар за право Европске уније
Keywords: European Community Act 1972; Human Rights Act 1998; UK Parliament; Constitutional Order; Principle of Parliamentary Sovereignty
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, author discusses the challenging of British constitutional doctrine in respect of two statutes: the European Community Act 1972 (ECA 1972) and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998). Both statutes subject the UK Parliament to a supra-national controlling mechanism. The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) European Treaties are interpreted by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The main task of this essay is to examine the effects of these statutes on the UK's constitutional order in order to determine the limitations of sovereignty of UK Parliament.
Journal: Revija za evropsko pravo
- Issue Year: 11/2009
- Issue No: 1-3
- Page Range: 51-64
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English