ABSTRACT

Parliamentary Sovereignty tells the courts of their relationship to Acts of Parliament; and the rule of law tells officials of their relationship to the courts, and upholds their relationship to Acts of Parliament. The rule of law does not restrain Parliament, but is a necessary part of Parliament's commands requiring or forbidding particular conduct. The classic constitution entrusted power to the deliberation and voting of a 'select group', the largely fused legislature and executive, and that group was selected by the voting and deliberation of the public at large. With the political sovereignty held by the electorate when choosing a House of Commons, which in turn operates the legal sovereignty of Parliament, there is no place for uncontrolled expert/elite decision-making. All rules that are set by experts may be re-set by the legislators. Experts with official functions may be held to account by a Parliament exercising its right as a despot with infinite curiosity to exercise 'tyranny over public offices'.