In conclusion, the UK constitution, which has been evolving for centuries, has made room for change. Though Dicey asserted the sovereignty of parliament as a fundamental principle in UK constitutional law, joining the EU has effectively turned that on its head. When the UK Parliament signed the European Communities Act in1972, they were aware that parliamentary sovereignty was something that they might have to give up; Article 2(1) of the act states that ”all such rights, powers, liabilities, obligations and restrictions from time to time arising by or under the Treaties ... are without further enactment to be given effect ... in the United Kingdom.” (cite) It is paradoxical; the UK has limited one of its key principles in constitutional law,
