History A-Level
Sovereignty of statute and the role of parliamentary law
What Sovereignty of statute and the role of parliamentary law means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The concept that law made in parliament could define doctrine and succession, with parliamentary law becoming the instrument for defining religious settlement and royal authority.
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