ABSTRACT
Introduction 146
Differing Interpretations of ‘Sovereignty’ 146
Distinguishing Legal and Political Sovereignty 149
Legal Theory and Sovereignty 149
The Validity of Law and the Effectiveness of Law 151
The Ultimate Rule is Extra-Legal 154
Sovereignty and Written Constitutions 154
The Source of Sovereignty in the United Kingdom 156
Dicey and Sovereignty 157
Academic Arguments Against the Traditional Doctrine of Sovereignty 173
Parliamentary Sovereignty and the European Union 177
Constitutional Reform and Parliamentary Sovereignty 180
Summary 185
Further Reading 185
