nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181005-152514-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 141013s2014||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20181005-152514-0 doi eng 342 23 Oliver, Dawn Author aut The UK House of Lords Oliver, Dawn Verfassungsblog 2014-10-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The UK does not have a supreme court with power to strike down laws that are contrary to the constitution, human rights and so on. Instead the system relies heavily on intra-parliamentary mechanisms, operating in the House of Lords. While the current unelected composition of the Lords is controversial and difficult to justify rationally, it is widely agreed across the political spectrum that the Chamber discharges its functions in legislative scrutiny and examination of public polices well. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/uk-house-lords-2/ raw object