Sentence examples for constitutional primacy from inspiring English sources

In such a culture, constitutional primacy and popularity with the people do not by themselves count for much.

The complaint was heard, in 1975, on both the right and the left — from Enoch Powell and Tony Benn, who were almost as far removed from each other, on the political spectrum, as it is possible to be, but who shared a near-sacred trust in the constitutional primacy of the British Parliament.

That enthusiasm is generated by a belief that constitutional courts give primacy to national legislation and can hold in check unwelcome rulings from the European court of human rights in Strasbourg or the EU's court of justice in Luxembourg.

But, as many of the cases demonstrate, judges tend to follow guidelines that give primacy to constitutional rights over foreign or religious laws.

While constitutional arguments about the primacy of party and parliament have merit, they are trumped by the truth that the election is also an audition for the job of prime minister.

Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.

But Lady Kennedy, chair of the select committee, slapped down his legal interpretation, pointing out that the president of the German constitutional court stated two years ago that "EU law is accorded primacy over national law".

But some members of the committee released a separate report arguing that the government's draft bill "totally fails" to protect the primacy of the House of Commons and proposing a "constitutional convention" should be set up to consider the issue more widely.

WHO research has found that litigation to establish access to essential medicines as an actionable human right can succeed, mainly in situations where constitutional provisions entrench the right to health and/or acknowledge the primacy of international human rights agreements with respect to domestic policies and legislation [ 101].

So we must pass a Constitutional amendment to speak back to the Supreme Court, and assert the primacy of government by the people.

The First Vatican Council (1869 70) strengthened the central position of the papacy in the constitutional law of the church by means of its dogmatic definition of papal primacy.