ENGLISH LAW WORK

English Law Work

Question No 1:

UK joined the EC in 1973, after initial negotiations from 1961 to 1963 about its involvement in the French veto, which had failed. Major effects of accession include impact of global oil shocks in EC countries. These adverse economic conditions seemed to confirm critics of EC and UK. The accession had no benefit for UK and still it recognized as one of the EC member. Main argument of opponents of the EC was the fear that the sovereignty of the British Parliament and its decisions on key concerns based on British policy will transfer responsibilities to EU. Several types of such British parliament responsibilities will be undermined by EU, which is a major dear of opponents. The conservative critics see this as a breach of the constitution, fearing the political left in the seventies and the EC decisions for national socialist policies.

The accession of the United Kingdom to the EC (1973) handed down several landmark decisions of the famous jurist Lord Denning, which emphasized with particular linguistic clarity, including the principle that European law in Britain is true and it is decided by the sovereign British Parliament decided. This principle is redeemable at the EU powers delegated by Parliament and had been confirmed by British courts again and again.

Recently, by way of case law, a new doctrine of the autonomy of EU law against the traditional doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has to lead the field. The British government has decided to clarify the sovereignty of Parliament in this context; clearly, by a clause in the law of the European Union (European Union Bill) which states that EU law continues to apply in this land because acts of Parliament have been provided. It therefore applies the sentence of the British Foreign Minister who said that a sovereign parliament of UK can withdraw it. (Harris & Tim, 2006, pp. 349-356)

The conviction of the Government that lay membership in the European Union remains in the national interest of the United Kingdom and it would actively and constructively participate in it. To achieve the goal, one should not be overlooked in the UK population as it can lead to significant criticism of the European Union as well as among the citizens of other EU states. The European Union Bill was discussed by the Parliament House of UK, to address the concern of citizens' new opportunities and Parliament by the hand to control decisions of British government representatives in the European context.

Sovereign UK parliament can amend a proposal of EU treaties and replace them with a new contract, which would involve a transfer of powers or competences from the UK to the EU. Under this bill the current government has to ask the population for the approval in a national referendum before agreeing to this proposal or ratify the treaty or agreement. Any type of such contract modification is a way to which the British people in a referendum have the ...