The Erosion of British Parliamentary Sovereignty Principle in Recent Years' Constitutional Reform

Shengyu LIU

Law School, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, 300134

Abstract: In recent years, Britain has advanced a series of reform measures in politics and justice, and has had a significant impact on the important principles of the British Constitution --the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. The Human Rights Act gives the judiciary the right to review parliamentary legislation, and the establishment of the Supreme Court has shifted the constitutional power of interpretation in the hands of parliament to the Supreme Court. The British tend to hand over the most important constitutional issues to the judiciary, not the parliament. Although the current constitution of the United Kingdom, the parliamentary sovereignty is still important, but with the British Constitution changes, this fundamental principle has been eroded.

Keywords: Parliamentary sovereignty; British constitution; Human rights supreme court