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In Blackburn v Attorney General [1971] 1 WLR, a case concerning UK membership of the European Community, the issue of the limits on Parliamentary sovereignty was discussed again. Lord Denning highlighted the distinction between legal and political theory.

'We have all been brought up to believe that, in legal theory, one parliament cannot bind another and that no act is irreversible. But legal theory does not always march alongside political reality. Take the Statute of Westminster 1931 ... Can anyone imagine that Parliament could or would reverse that statute? Take the Acts which have granted independence to the Dominions....Can anyone imagine that parliament could or would reverse those laws and take away their independence? Most clearly not. Freedom once given cannot be taken away. Legal theory must [...].'

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give way to practical politics

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In Blackburn v Attorney General [1971] 1 WLR, a case concerning UK membership of the European Community, the issue of the limits on Parliamentary sovereignty was discussed again. Lord Denning highlighted the distinction between legal and political theory.

'We have all been brought up to believe that, in legal theory, one parliament cannot bind another and that no act is irreversible. But legal theory does not always march alongside political reality. Take the Statute of Westminster 1931 ... Can anyone imagine that Parliament could or would reverse that statute? Take the Acts which have granted independence to the Dominions....Can anyone imagine that parliament could or would reverse those laws and take away their independence? Most clearly not. Freedom once given cannot be taken away. Legal theory must [...].'

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#constitution #law #public
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In Blackburn v Attorney General [1971] 1 WLR, a case concerning UK membership of the European Community, the issue of the limits on Parliamentary sovereignty was discussed again. Lord Denning highlighted the distinction between legal and political theory.

'We have all been brought up to believe that, in legal theory, one parliament cannot bind another and that no act is irreversible. But legal theory does not always march alongside political reality. Take the Statute of Westminster 1931 ... Can anyone imagine that Parliament could or would reverse that statute? Take the Acts which have granted independence to the Dominions....Can anyone imagine that parliament could or would reverse those laws and take away their independence? Most clearly not. Freedom once given cannot be taken away. Legal theory must [...].'

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give way to practical politics
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