Historical analysis of Goldsworthy's sovereignty of parliament
| Abstract | This article was presented as an historical analysis of Jeffrey Goldswothy's book, The Sovereignty of Parliament (OUP 1999) at a Symposium organized by the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy. It takes issue with Goldsworthy's definition of 'parliament' as 'the King in Parliament' and focusses on the critical role of the monarch as an integral part of the legal Parliament. It argues that restrictions on the power of both monarch and of the Parliament are placed by the terms of the oath of governance (or coronation oath) so that Parliament may not enact whatever it wishes i.e. it is not sovereign. Rather ultimate sovereignty is to be found in the terms of the sovereign's oath of governance. It examines the historical record to support the argument. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,865 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Only published papers are available at libraries |
Similar books and articlesBert Gordijn & Rien Janssens (2001). New Developments in Dutch Legislation Concerning Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 26 (3):299 – 309.
Jonathan Havercroft (2011). Captives of Sovereignty. Cambridge University Press.
Jeffrey Paris (2004). Kurios George and the Sovereign State. Radical Philosophy Review 7 (2):115-134.
Swami Sivananda (ed.) (1956). Commemoration Volume. Rishikesh, U.P.,Yoga-Vedanta Forest University.
Alison Martin (2004). A European Initiative: Irigaray, Marx, and Citizenship. Hypatia 19 (3):20-37.
Douglas Weir (2001). A New Parliament Reviews the General Teaching Council for Scotland. British Journal of Educational Studies 49 (1):71 - 86.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads4 ( #180,404 of 556,774 )Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
