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R (Miller) v Prime Minister; Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland

[2019] UKSC 41 · [2019] UKSC 41

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom · 2019 · United Kingdom

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Held unanimously that the advice to prorogue Parliament for five weeks was unlawful, void and of no effect because it frustrated Parliament's constitutional functions without reasonable justification.

Constitutional lawPrerogative powersJudicial review

Marbury v. Madison

5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)

Supreme Court of the United States · 1803 · United States

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Established judicial review of federal legislation: it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is.

Constitutional lawJudicial reviewSeparation of powers