Abrogation in public law

In public law, abrogation is the proposing away of a right, power or value, by a public body in delegating power or failing to carry out a responsibility or duty. The abrogation of such a responsibility or duty, unless required by primary legislation would amount to an unconstitutional delegation of power to a foreign government or other sovereign power.

It is a protected value at Common Law that Parliament has legislative supremacy even to the point that the sovereign power extends to the breaking of treaties, if need be. Although Parliament has the authority to alter or limit the ambit of judicial review, it cannot abrogate the court review process entirely or preclude the interpretation of the law completely from the work of the courts.