NCTJ PA - Constitution and the monarchy question n answers graded A+ 2024/2025

NCTJ PA - Constitution and the monarchyWhat type of constitution does the UK have? - correct answer unwritten (i.e. not codified in a single document). What are the three key principles of the UK's constitution? - correct answer rule of law, sovereignty of parliament, separation of powers What are the five sources of the UK's constitution? - correct answer Statute (individual laws or 'Acts of Parliament'), Common Law (sometimes known as 'case law' or 'precedent'), Conventions (customs, traditions and longstanding practices), Treatises (historical works of legal and/or constitutional authority), Treaties (EU and other international agreements) What is the separation of powers? - correct answer Principle stipulating that the three main seats of constitutional authority in a state - executive, legislature and judiciary - should be kept separate to avoid concentrating power in too few hands (checks and balances on one another) Give two examples of when the separation of powers does not exist in practice - correct answer the reigning monarch (as head of state) is titular head of all three branches of the constitution, most ministers, including the Prime Minister, are members of both government (executive) and Parliament (legislature) What are the three elements of the separation of powers? - correct answer (LEJ) Legislature (parliament), executive (government), judiciary (courts) What is a constitutional monarchy? - correct answer The King/Queen is limited by law and shares power with elected officials What is the royal prerogative? - correct answer The monarch's remaining powers (now mostly exercised by the Prime Minister).