AQA A Level Politics: The UK
Constitution Exam Prep
codified constitution - Answer>> a constitution written in a
distinct and defined document
uncodified constitution - Answer>> a constitution without a
defining document - formed through many laws and conventions
statute - Answer>> a written law passed by a legislative body
parliamentary sovereignty - Answer>> parliament can make or
unmake any law and cannot bind future parliaments
royal perogative - Answer>> powers recognised as belonging to
monarch + are not subject to the approval of parliament
rule of law - Answer>> the principle that everyone is equal
under + subject to the law
convention - Answer>> a way of doing something which is
considered correct
individual rights - Answer>> liberties held by an individual that
cannot be interfered with by another individual or government
collective rights - Answer>> liberties that are held by groups of
people but not the individuals themselves.
horizontal separation of powers - Answer>> separation of
branches of government
, vertical separtation of powers - Answer>> separation of central
powers from local powers
unitary state - Answer>> sovereignty is in central government
federal state - Answer>> sovereignty divided between central
and regional governments
constitutional monarchy - Answer>> monarch acts as head of
state but power is limited
Example of Parliamentary Soveriegnty - Answer>> 1934 Ellen
Street Estates v Minister of Health
-conflict between 1919 Acquisition of Land Act and 1925 Housing
Act
-1919 Act said 'all acts shall have effect subject to this act'
-deemed unconstitutional because of Parliamentary Sovereignty
-Court said had to used 1925 act due to applied repeal
Sources of the Constitution - Answer>> -constitutional statute
law
-common law
-constitutional convention
-treaties
-authoritative texts
Authoritative Texts - Answer>> Books written by constitutional
Experts
eg. The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
- explained parliamentary democracy, cabinet government and
constitutional monarchy
Constitution Exam Prep
codified constitution - Answer>> a constitution written in a
distinct and defined document
uncodified constitution - Answer>> a constitution without a
defining document - formed through many laws and conventions
statute - Answer>> a written law passed by a legislative body
parliamentary sovereignty - Answer>> parliament can make or
unmake any law and cannot bind future parliaments
royal perogative - Answer>> powers recognised as belonging to
monarch + are not subject to the approval of parliament
rule of law - Answer>> the principle that everyone is equal
under + subject to the law
convention - Answer>> a way of doing something which is
considered correct
individual rights - Answer>> liberties held by an individual that
cannot be interfered with by another individual or government
collective rights - Answer>> liberties that are held by groups of
people but not the individuals themselves.
horizontal separation of powers - Answer>> separation of
branches of government
, vertical separtation of powers - Answer>> separation of central
powers from local powers
unitary state - Answer>> sovereignty is in central government
federal state - Answer>> sovereignty divided between central
and regional governments
constitutional monarchy - Answer>> monarch acts as head of
state but power is limited
Example of Parliamentary Soveriegnty - Answer>> 1934 Ellen
Street Estates v Minister of Health
-conflict between 1919 Acquisition of Land Act and 1925 Housing
Act
-1919 Act said 'all acts shall have effect subject to this act'
-deemed unconstitutional because of Parliamentary Sovereignty
-Court said had to used 1925 act due to applied repeal
Sources of the Constitution - Answer>> -constitutional statute
law
-common law
-constitutional convention
-treaties
-authoritative texts
Authoritative Texts - Answer>> Books written by constitutional
Experts
eg. The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
- explained parliamentary democracy, cabinet government and
constitutional monarchy
