Step by step, gradually but surely, the English principle of the absolute legislative sovereignty of Parliament which Dicey derived from Coke and Blackstone is being qualified.

As the constitutional writer Albert Dicey stated, parliamentary sovereignty is recognized as the the dominant characteristic of our political institutions; the very keystone of the law of constitution. Dicey is credited for setting in place the logical foundation for the meaning of parliamentary sovereignty. He puts forward the notion that Parliament is supreme; Parliament has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and further that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament’. He extends his notions by establishing three principles: Parliament can make or unmake any law; Parliament cannot bind its successors and most importantly that no one can question Parliament’s laws. Historically, it can be argued that Diceys notion has been acknowledged to b…(short extract)