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1. Parliament

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   A major point of theoretical divergence between parliamentary systems lies in where ultimate legal authority resides.
   Parliamentary Sovereignty (most classically seen in the United Kingdom) holds that Parliament can create or end any law, and no court can overturn its legislation. Because Parliament is the sovereign body, its authority is considered untainted by prior legal documents. In this model, the concept of fundamental rights is often derived from statute, meaning that Parliament could theoretically revoke the [Right to Life](/entries/human-rig…