Note 94 — III FLEXIBLE AND RIGID CONSTITUTIONS[56] (continued 2)

It may of course be observed (see p. 207, ante) that the British Parliament, while it continues to be elected as now, may be unable to divest itself of its general power of legislating for the whole Empire, and might therefore repeal the Act by which it had resigned certain matters to the Federal Assembly and resume them for itself. This is one of those apices iuris of which the Romans say non sunt iura; and in point of fact no Parliament can be supposed capable of the breach of faith which such a repeal would involve. The supposed legal difficulty might, however, be avoided by some such expedient as that previously suggested.