UK Constitution Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

King - ANSWER-- Most important rules and common understandings...regulate relations among country's governing institutions as well as between them and country citizens - Capital-C constitutions - codified constitution (one document) - Constitutions never written down in their entirety - Every country, apart from failed states, has a constitution - Even though British constitution unwritten, NOT distinguished from most other countries with codified constitutions, e.g. US constitution does NO...

What is a constitution? What do constitutions usually contain? - ANSWER-A set of rules that sets out the powers and functions of various government institutions What is a codified constitution? - ANSWER-A constitution that consists of a full and authoritative set of rules written down in a single text. What is meant by the term 'separation of powers?' How can power be separated horizontally and vertically? - ANSWER-taking the power of the state (make, enforce and interpret law) and separ...

What does it mean that the UK constitution is uncodified? - ANSWER-The Constitution is not written down in any single document, rather it is found in numerous documents and sources What does is it mean that the UK constitution is neither Judiciable? - ANSWER-The UK constitution is not judiciable as there is no single authoritative document to which courts could rule laws of parliament to be violating, as such the courts are less powerful in the UK than in the US What are the Twin Pillars o...

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codified constitution - ANSWER-a single, authoritative document that sets out the laws and principles by which a state is governed, and which protects the rights of citizens constitution - ANSWER-'set of laws rules and practices that create the basic institutions of the state and its component and related parts and stipulate the powers of those institutions and the relationship between the different institutions and individuals' ( limited government - ANSWER-a system in which the powers o...

Intro - ANSWER-the UK constitution has derived over the centuries from multiple sources. These include common law, conventions and authoritative works. Authoritative works (explain) - ANSWER-Texts written by expert constitutional theorists outlining the workings and key principles of the UK constitution. Authoritative works (analyze) - ANSWER-Although the works have no legal standing, they have been regarded with such veneration for hundreds of years and hence become so ingrained in our co...

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