, Introduction to Constitutional Law
Slide 3 What is a constitution ?
A single
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written document
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The highest legal source in a country
·
Sets out the institutions of government
Describes their functions
Usually contains a Bill of Rights'
Contains a procedure for amendment
Usually
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Created after a momentous political event
Protected by a special court
Slid 4 Examples of constitutions
Japan (1947) USA (1789) India (1950) Spain (1978) Italy (1948)
Pakistan (1973) Greece (1975) Kosors (2808)
Slide S
Secondary definition
Collection of rules and principles
Defines the institutions of government
·
Describes the powers of these institutions
Slide 6 The UK constitution
The
·
second definition describes the UK constitution
The UK a constitution'
·
does not have written
The 'uncodified constitution'
·
UK has an
Slide 7 Characteristics of UK Constitution
Webley 'uncodified unwritten
'
and Samuels ,
state the term is more appropriate than because much of it is written just not in a
single
document page 55
Has evolved over a
long period of time
Is flexible and easily changed
These
·
is no special constitutional court
,Slide S What is Constitutional Law ?
Study of laws ,
rules and principles which bind the government
Study o the way laws are made
Study of the institutions which gove in the state
Study o the restrictions of power
Study
·
of the relationship between individuals and the state
Slide 9 Constitutional Theorists
Baron de Montesquieu
Walter Bagehot
·
Albert Vann Dicey
Ivor Jennings
Slide 3 What is a constitution ?
A single
·
written document
·
The highest legal source in a country
·
Sets out the institutions of government
Describes their functions
Usually contains a Bill of Rights'
Contains a procedure for amendment
Usually
·
Created after a momentous political event
Protected by a special court
Slid 4 Examples of constitutions
Japan (1947) USA (1789) India (1950) Spain (1978) Italy (1948)
Pakistan (1973) Greece (1975) Kosors (2808)
Slide S
Secondary definition
Collection of rules and principles
Defines the institutions of government
·
Describes the powers of these institutions
Slide 6 The UK constitution
The
·
second definition describes the UK constitution
The UK a constitution'
·
does not have written
The 'uncodified constitution'
·
UK has an
Slide 7 Characteristics of UK Constitution
Webley 'uncodified unwritten
'
and Samuels ,
state the term is more appropriate than because much of it is written just not in a
single
document page 55
Has evolved over a
long period of time
Is flexible and easily changed
These
·
is no special constitutional court
,Slide S What is Constitutional Law ?
Study of laws ,
rules and principles which bind the government
Study o the way laws are made
Study of the institutions which gove in the state
Study o the restrictions of power
Study
·
of the relationship between individuals and the state
Slide 9 Constitutional Theorists
Baron de Montesquieu
Walter Bagehot
·
Albert Vann Dicey
Ivor Jennings
