Impact of Brexit on UK Law and Parliamentary Sovereignty

Business Law and Ethics

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Analysis of the fact that post Brexit, whether the new found independence of UK is real or
fake..............................................................................................................................................3
Has joining EU compromised Parliamentary Sovereignty?........................................................4
Breaking point.............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Law is define as set of rules and regulation which is implemented by government in
order to give equal rights to the citizens and to maintain peace and order. Although the present
report is based on UK law and the way it was related to European law. It will discuss about
branches of government and the way it contributed in amending bills and converting it into
beneficial law for the citizens. The study will also throw light on the EU impact on the
sovereignty of UK and the Breaking point.
MAIN BODY
Analysis of the fact that post Brexit, whether the new found independence of UK is real or fake
In order to properly analyse the shift of UK from EU, it is necessary to understand the history
of entire legal framework. Parliamentary Sovereignty can be defined as the threshold up to which
the parliament of UK holds their authority and the extent to which they govern and rule. This
concept has not yet been clearly defined and is often argued about or debated (Schmidt, 2020).
After the decision to assign monarchy as a subordinate to parliament, things have changed
drastically.
The concept of divine rights as opposed to parliamentary rights can also be discussed here.
Divine rights are basically king’s rights that are inherent with the position and authority granted
to any individual i.e. monarch. Parliamentary rights i.e. sovereignty again signifies the extent or
area i.e. limit up to which a parliamentary body can govern and regulate the economy.
Parliamentary rights supersede the divine rights (McConalogue, 2019). In accordance with
Magna Carta as well, it can be highlighted that king and his subjects cannot be put above the law
and constitution thus putting a check on their activities.
Further in this respect, passing of the Bill of Rights 1689, can also be highlighted which is a
landmark act in limiting the power of a monarch. It stated that the person to inherit the crown
would be identified legally and monarch is required to take consent and opinion of its subject i.e.
people in certain specific areas (Bickerton, 2019). Similarly, Claim of Rights was also passed
governing Scottish Constitutional law.
The reason that UK joined EEC was in order to work on the trade restrictions between
members of EEC and improve practices. The EEC was extremely important in creating a
common market for all the members eliminating all the trade barriers and also establishing an