The Constitution
1. What is an uncodified constitution?
2. Why is an uncodified constitution not judiciable?
3. Where is sovereignty in the UK system?
4. What is meant by the phrase executive sovereignty?
5. What powers are fused in the UK?
6. What is meant by the term elective dictatorship?
7. Name three Acts that protect rights in the UK.
8. What did the HRA incorporate into British Law?
9. What is Judicial Review
10. In what circumstances does the SC state a government has acted ultra vires?
11. What is the usual response of the government in these circumstances?
12. What is a declaration of incompatibility?
13. Why do Liberty claim the HRA is not a strong protection of rights?
14. Give 3 recent (in the last three years) examples of rights being eroded
15. Give two reasons why the Conservative party is considering replacing the HRA?
16. What is meant by judicial overreach?
17. What is the strength of an advisory British Bill of Rights
18. What is its weakness?
19. Explain how national security and individual rights can conflict. Give an example of a case to
demonstrate this.
20. How did the CRA 2005 alter the SC. ( Think building, separation of powers and appointment
system)
21. Give three reasons why the UK Constitution should be codified?
22. For each of the reasons in 22 give a logical paired counter argument.
23. In your view what is the greatest strength of the UK Constitution
24. In your view what is the greatest weakness of the UK Constitution
House of Lords Reform
1. What did the House of Lords Reform Act do (Think composition and appointment system)
2. What are crossbenchers and roughly how many are there?
3. Give two reasons why the whip system can be less effective in the Lords?
4. Give examples of the expertise of individual peers?
5. How does the Lords address representational deficits?
6. What three restrictions on the Lords power flow from the fact it is unelected?
7. What is meant by Commons supremacy?
8. What is meant by Commons Financial privilege
9. Why may the powers of the Lords have to be changed if it was elected?
10. Why can the current HL be considered descriptively unrepresentative – three reasons.
11. What is the most compelling argument for an elected House of Lords?
12. What is cronyism?
13. Give three examples of cronyism?
14. How could this be addressed without having an elected HL?
15. Give three further questions that would arise if the HL was elected (Think powers, terms,
electoral systems and the problems that may flow from these
16. What do you think is the most compelling argument for a fully elected Lords?
1. What is an uncodified constitution?
2. Why is an uncodified constitution not judiciable?
3. Where is sovereignty in the UK system?
4. What is meant by the phrase executive sovereignty?
5. What powers are fused in the UK?
6. What is meant by the term elective dictatorship?
7. Name three Acts that protect rights in the UK.
8. What did the HRA incorporate into British Law?
9. What is Judicial Review
10. In what circumstances does the SC state a government has acted ultra vires?
11. What is the usual response of the government in these circumstances?
12. What is a declaration of incompatibility?
13. Why do Liberty claim the HRA is not a strong protection of rights?
14. Give 3 recent (in the last three years) examples of rights being eroded
15. Give two reasons why the Conservative party is considering replacing the HRA?
16. What is meant by judicial overreach?
17. What is the strength of an advisory British Bill of Rights
18. What is its weakness?
19. Explain how national security and individual rights can conflict. Give an example of a case to
demonstrate this.
20. How did the CRA 2005 alter the SC. ( Think building, separation of powers and appointment
system)
21. Give three reasons why the UK Constitution should be codified?
22. For each of the reasons in 22 give a logical paired counter argument.
23. In your view what is the greatest strength of the UK Constitution
24. In your view what is the greatest weakness of the UK Constitution
House of Lords Reform
1. What did the House of Lords Reform Act do (Think composition and appointment system)
2. What are crossbenchers and roughly how many are there?
3. Give two reasons why the whip system can be less effective in the Lords?
4. Give examples of the expertise of individual peers?
5. How does the Lords address representational deficits?
6. What three restrictions on the Lords power flow from the fact it is unelected?
7. What is meant by Commons supremacy?
8. What is meant by Commons Financial privilege
9. Why may the powers of the Lords have to be changed if it was elected?
10. Why can the current HL be considered descriptively unrepresentative – three reasons.
11. What is the most compelling argument for an elected House of Lords?
12. What is cronyism?
13. Give three examples of cronyism?
14. How could this be addressed without having an elected HL?
15. Give three further questions that would arise if the HL was elected (Think powers, terms,
electoral systems and the problems that may flow from these
16. What do you think is the most compelling argument for a fully elected Lords?
