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	Parliament. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Parliament consists, technically, of the monarch, the House of Commons, and the House of Lords, but the word in common usage refers to the members of the two houses or, more specifically to Commons alone.
		From Parliament’s judicial authority (derived, through the Lords, from the judicial powers of the great council) to consider petitions for the redress of grievances and to submit such petitions to the king, developed the practice of withholding financial supplies until the king accepted and acted on the petitions.
		Yet throughout the Tudor period Parliament’s legislative supremacy was challenged by the crown’s legislative authority through the privy council, a descendant of part of the old feudal council.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pa/Parliame.html (2067 words)

	Parliament
		Parliament is, strictly, according to the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982, the Queen, the HOUSE OF COMMONS and the SENATE.
		The bicameral nature of the Canadian Parliament was deemed a necessary inducement to bring provinces of varying size and power and with widely different regional concerns into the broader union that comprised Confederation.
		The practical consequence of invoking the supremacy of Parliament is the legislature's capacity to act as the great debating, if not educational, forum for the nation.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006101 (686 words)

	Parliamentary sovereignty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parliament has the power to abolish or overrule any of the devolved legislatures at its pleasure, although it would be unlikely to do so.
		The qualifier "almost" is provided because in the 1921, after a century of dispute, Parliament passed the Church of Scotland Act 1921 which finally agreed that it does not have sovereignty over the Church of Scotland, the established church in Scotland.
		Nevertheless, it remains the case that the UK Parliament could do so without seeking the mutual consent of the EU or the devolved legislatures, as it did with the abolition of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972, and that if it did, these repeals would be legally and politically binding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliamentary_supremacy (1668 words)

	Supremacy of Parliament and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Studies on the Canadian Constitution and ...
		Supremacy of Parliament was one of the main characteristics of the British constitution applicable to Canada.
		However, while it is clear that supremacy of Parliament applied to Canada, partly before and entirely after 1931, the supremacy must be understood in Canada in the context of the federal system.
		What was supreme in Canada was Parliament, understood as the sum total of all the legislative bodies of the country, provincial and federal, each in their sphere of jurisdiction.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/federal/parl.htm (1721 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The current political dissension in the country postulates an impending threat to the supremacy of parliament again, since the President is empowered by Article 70 (1) (a) of the constitution to dissolve parliament, with alacrity, at any time at the expiry of one year from the date of the last general election.
		Parliament derives authority from Article 70 (1) (a) to pass a resolution requesting the President to dissolve Parliament before the expiry of one year and the President by the same Article is empowered to dissolve Parliament on her own after the expiry of one year from the date of the last General Election.
		The proposed amendment seeking to regain, foster and nurture the Supremacy of parliament (against uncertainty of its period of duration) is of equally important to all Members of Parliament in view of the colossal expenditure involved in elections.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/09/12/fea01.html (1272 words)

	Magna Carta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However Parliament was not ready to repeal The Charter yet, they would need it in order to war against the King, and in fact was cited as the reason why ship-money was illegal, which was the first time Parliament overruled the king; the start of the rebellion.
		Parliament did all it could to prevent James’ succession but was prevented when Charles dissolved the Parliament, and danger realised itself in February 1685 when Charles died of a stroke and James II assumed the throne of the United Kingdom.
		This once and for all proved that Parliament was the major power in the British Government; Mary, James II's eldest daughter was invited to take the throne with her husband William of Orange.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magna_Carta (8279 words)

	::The Supremacy of Parliament::
		The development of the supremacy of Parliament stemmed from the English Civil War and has expanded ever since and is a dominant theme in British Politics.
		In every sense, the supremacy of Parliament is the backbone of British Politics and is only possibly threatened by aspects of the work of the European Commission and other European Union institutions.
		In theory there is no body that can declare a law passed by Parliament as unconstitutional - though the full impact of the European Court is not yet known in 2002.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /supremacy_of_parliament.htm (898 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Parliament succumbed to the wishes of William and Mary, and the pair acceded as co-rulers.
		As a final assertion of supremacy, Parliament was granted the right to name the succession; James' Catholic offspring with Mary of Modena were barred from the throne.
		Parliament, with the authority of the oligarchy, came into a position of prominence regarding the governing of England.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon51.html (834 words)

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		Parliament may lawfully impose an income tax upon the inhabitants of New South Wales; it may lawfully abolish the constitution of the Canadian Dominion, just as some years ago it did actually abolish the ancient constitution of Jamaica.
		Meanwhile we may assume that the supremacy of Parliament, or the 'supreme authority of Parliament,' means in substance the kind of sovereignty which Parliament exercises, or claims to exercise, in every part of the British Empire.
		Her Parliament obtained an immense accession of authority, and was all but entirely freed both from the necessity for considering Irish questions and from the damage of Irish obstruction.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/15572/15572.txt (17426 words)

	ipedia.com: Parliament of the United Kingdom Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Parliament controls the executive by passing or rejecting its Bills and by forcing Ministers of the Crown to answer to parliament for their actions, either at Question Time or Parliamentary Questions (PQs) (similarly, questions of the Prime Minister are called PMQs), or in meetings of the parliamentary committees).
		Since then, parliament has been dominant, though the monarch still remains an important player in government, with government governing through the Royal Prerogative (ie, powers of the monarch) and with the monarch's formal approval still being required for Acts of Parliament and Orders-in-Council (executive orders).
		Kings disliked calling parliaments, because the members of the parliaments were not under their control and so could, and often did, cause problems.
	www.ipedia.com /parliament_of_the_united_kingdom.html (2234 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - Parliament Supremacy over Fundamental Norms
		To affirm parliament as the supreme authority in the land does not in any way imply an abandonment or subordination of fundamental norms in the formation, interpretation and administration of the law.
		Parliament proposes, debates and enacts laws, and appoints from its own elected members an Executive to administer those laws and perform the functions of government.
		If a judge has made it clear that he or she is not content with current judicial practice and favours an expanded role for judges, then litigants may perceive that their case may, for good or ill, be used as a test case to this end.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=21341 (1965 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The conventional approach is for the Courts to recognise and uphold the constitutional propriety of primary legislation by reference to the constitutional principle of legislative supremacy.
		In that case even the statement in an Act of Parliament that the Commission's decision "shall not be called in question in any court of law" did not succeed in excluding the jurisdiction of the court.
		The modern view of the constitution is not that Parliament has sole supreme power, but that it and the Courts each has constitutional sovereignty, based on a separation of powers involving mutual respect each for the other.
	www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk /fordhamjan04.htm (4178 words)

	rabble columns
		Canadian Alliance Leader (and Conservative Party leadership contender) Stephen Harper likes to talk about the importance of upholding “the supremacy of Parliament.” When it comes to the hot topic of same-sex marriage, Harper is all for Parliament having the final say on the definition of marriage.
		Essentially, Harper appears to value the supremacy of Parliament only when he is desperately trying to prevent same-sex couples from exercising their fundamental human rights.
		But, if Parliament dares to stand in the way of an extremist group that wants to function as an echo chamber for everything that Harper says in the coming election campaign, then he believes that Parliamentary supremacy must be challenged in the courts.
	www.rabble.ca /columnists_full.shtml?sh_itm=1e1bc898978a3d2e1e0a7d312bf81467&r=1 (591 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Can President override Parliament?
		"Supremacy of Parliament cannot be sought to be undermined," Sitaram Yechury of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Gurudas Dasgupta of the Communist Party of India said.
		Earlier, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj herself admitted that the description of an office of profit under Article 102 of the Constitution "was ambiguous" and both in the States and at the Centre "many legislators were holding such offices." The BJP was in favour of a "one-time amnesty" through a Bill, she added.
		Parliament is to discuss the President's queries on the Office-of-Profit Bill, and yet the NDA marches to the President before Parliament reconsiders the Bill.
	feeds.indiasnews.net /?rid=d89fc8f5ef989f55&cat=701ee96610c884a6&f=1 (536 words)

	KARACHI: Nothing new about controversy over LFO -DAWN - Local; November 1, 2002
		The stand taken by the political parties, opposing Gen Pervez Musharraf’s measures to amend the 1973 constitution, is justified and based on the principles of sovereignty of parliament and supremacy of constitution.
		The increase in the number of seats and the age limit for voters, delimitation of constituencies and certain qualifications for being eligible to contest were not a grave concern of the political parties, as now are the discretionary powers of the President and the overlordship of the military through the NSC.
		As the military regime is not prepared to accept parliament’s supremacy with regard to the controversial points, perhaps it would be prudent for the political forces which really believe in the supremacy of parliament and sanctity of the constitution to now sit in the opposition and not facilitate in the entrenchment of the President’s blueprint.
	www.dawn.com /2002/11/01/local4.htm (860 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines
		They, at a roundtable debate on “improving public access to Parliament” held under the auspices of an NGO 'PILDAT' at a local hotel with Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat in the chair, believed that sovereignty of the parliament was a must.
		They also believed that feudal system was an obstacle in the people's access to the parliament and despite change of faces, the politicians' sons and nephews had replaced them in politics.
		He believed that independence of judiciary and supremacy of the parliament had been affected by the present government.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/April04/21/16.html (572 words)

	'Parl should assert its supremacy' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Parliament consists of elected members, while judiciary is appointed.
		Parliament’s supremacy had to be circumscribed by the limits set in the Constitution demarcated by the Fundamental Rights which are immutable.
		Examples: 1) Parliament can not pass a resolution by a majority vote pardoning Afzal Guru, to please the Indian Muslims, 2) If Pakistan occupies a part of Indian territory Parliament can not vote to get it back by ‘peace talks’ rather than fighting back to recover it.
	www.expressindia.com /messages.php?newsid=85408 (553 words)

	The importance of confronting the unjust \| Samizdata.net
		Parliament is supreme, but for as long as the law exists it must obey it (rule of law).
		Parliament needs to be reminded of the limits of its political power and that means not playing by the rules.
		Parliament could be elected on a proportional representation basis, but with no members being part of the executive & the head of government with a veto on legislation.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/007186.html (9844 words)

	Galloway's Speech to Continental Congress, September 1774
		In this state of the Colonies it was not unreasonable to expect that Parliament would have levied a tax on them proportionate to their wealth, and the sums raised in Great Britain.
		Upon this ground the authority of Parliament stands too firm to be shaken by any arguments whatever; and therefore to deny that authority, and at the same time to declare their incapacity to be represented, amounts to a full and explicit declaration of independence.
		That while they deny the authority of Parliament, they are, in respect to each other, in a perfect state of nature, destitute of any supreme direction or decision whatever, and incompetent to the grant of national aids, or any other general measure whatever, even to the settlement of differences among themselves.
	memory.loc.gov /learn/features/timeline/amrev/rebelln/galloway.html (1244 words)

	The National Archives \| Exhibitions & Learning online \| Citizenship \| Rise of Parliament
		In the 17th and 18th centuries, although issues relating to citizenship were many and varied, in Britain they were, for the most part, linked by questions concerning the location of political authority and the power of Parliament in relation to the monarch.
		Central to the acrimonious and sometimes bloody struggles of the period was a contest between the various monarchs and Parliament regarding the power to raise money, organise national defence and devise foreign policy, and the power of the representative body of the nation to hold the monarch to account.
		After the short-lived constitutional experiments that followed the Civil War, the supremacy of Parliament was finally enshrined in the Bill of Rights passed in December 1689.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /pathways/citizenship/rise_parliament/making_history_rise.htm (474 words)

	Supremacy of parliament critical for democracy: Shaukat Aziz - Topix
		Supremacy of parliament critical for democracy: Shaukat Aziz - Topix
		Supremacy of parliament critical for democracy: Shaukat Aziz
		ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 : Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said that supremacy of parliament is critical to the smooth functioning of democracy in the country.
	www.topix.net /world/pakistan/2007/08/supremacy-of-parliament-critical-for-democracy-shaukat-aziz (311 words)

	Fan The Flame by Leonard Tim Hector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There is not the Supremacy of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda.
		The doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament applies to Britain where there is no written Constitution.
		In a 17 member Parliament Cabinet should not exceed 8 members of the House of Representatives, so that at all times the back-bench of government and the opposition outnumber Cabinet.
	www.candw.ag /~jardinea/ffhtm/ff010615.htm (2595 words)

	Legal basis for national referendums
		The doctrine of supremacy of Parliament gives all power to Parliament (and in effect to the Commons)to decide whether or not to seek the advice of the electorate.
		Probably if it is the same Parliament that passed the act, it would on the basis of never asking a question to which it does not know the answer beforehand.
		Parliament can always modify and regulate its own procedure and the officers of Parliament will generally ensure that that process is followed (normally through the office of Speaker).
	www.iniref.org /natref1.html (5422 words)

	The Hindu : National : ``Courts always recognised Parliament's supremacy''
		The Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, today asserted that the Supreme Court and the High Courts had consistently recognised the supremacy of Parliament and the Legislative Assemblies in a number of cases.
		The Speaker said that again in 1970, in the case of Tej Kiran Jain versus N. Sanjiva Reddy, the apex court had upheld the constitutional guarantee with regard to immunity of parliamentary proceedings in respect of anything said in the House or any Committee thereof.
		It had clarified that "anything" was equivalent to "everything." He said this was further reinforced in the impeachment proceedings of Justice V. Ramaswami, a Supreme Court Judge, when the apex court held that Parliament was sovereign with respect to the conduct of its own business and the courts could not have any say in that.
	www.hindu.com /2005/03/21/stories/2005032105851100.htm (420 words)

	Cayman Net News: Parliament’s Supremacy Should Not Be Used To Mislead The People
		Parliament’s Supremacy Should Not Be Used To Mislead The People
		Again, surely the FCO ought to have been suspicious when free citizens of a country, in their right minds and properly educated as to the implications, would refuse an enforceable Bill of Rights.
		In 1995, the position was not as stated by FCO Minister Baroness Chalker, namely, that the right of individual petition had not been renewed in respect of the Cayman Islands pending a review of legislation.
	www.caymannetnews.com /2004/04/639/editorial.shtml (707 words)

	37th Parliament
		It was Parliament's clearly stated intent that the Firearms Act be administered by the minister of justice, not the solicitor general.
		These are important legal responsibilities approved by Parliament and the decision concerning which minister will carry out these duties in the future should have been debated in the House before being amended.
		Clearly, it was Parliament's intent that the Firearms Act be administered by the Minister of Justice, not the Solicitor General.
	www.garrybreitkreuz.com /questions/may-01-2003qofprivilage.htm (1910 words)

	Opposition Seeks Supremacy of Parliament in Relief Work
		ISLAMABAD, 25 November 2005 — The combined opposition has demanded complete supremacy of the Parliament in the reconstruction and relief work in the quake affected areas of Pakistan as a prerequisite for participating in the parliamentary committee to review the reconstruction and relief work.
		The meeting of the combined opposition yesterday decided to take part in the proceedings of the parliamentary committee on reconstruction on the condition that Parliament should have final say in the reconstruction efforts and relief work finances should be under the supervision of parliamentary committee in order to maintain transparency.
		The combined opposition, which includes most of the opposition groups with presence in the Parliament, after reviewing the draft Terms of Reference (TOR) have framed their terms of reference, which they said they would be presenting to the Prime Minister.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=73730&d=25&m=11&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World (479 words)

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