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... decisions embodied in statute. Thus defined, Dicey said of Parliament, that is had 'under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and further that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.'(Dicey, The Law of the Constitution 1885 p39-40). This statement by Dicey embodies a classic description of the orthodox doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty. However, the Diceyan concept of the absolute, infinite sovereignty of Parliament is in need of some revision. The UK's membership of the European Union produces difficult questions of competing supremacies of Parliament and the primacy of EU law. Britain's accession to the European Economic Community on 1st January 1973, was described by Anthony King as having "profound constitutional consequences". (Does the United Kingdom Still Have a Constitution? 2001 p54) Britain's application for membership was made ...