Chapter 4 Key facts checklists

Sources of Law III: Effect of EU and International Law

The UK is a signatory to multiple international institutions. Each of these institutions sets a framework for the UK to operate within, granting certain rights, benefits, and obligations.
Upon joining the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU), in 1972, parliamentary supremacy has been limited by the operation of EU law.
On 23 June 2016, the UK voted to ‘leave’ the EU. We are yet to know the true effects that this will have on the legal system.
International law governs the relationships between states regulating their conduct upon being granted consent to do so.
The European Convention on Human Rights grants certain fundamental rights to the citizens of the state and the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998 allows them to enforce those rights in a domestic court.