Hung parliaments Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Evaluate the view that the Supreme Court has too much influence over the executive. para 1: - The supreme court can only determine law not create it However the supreme court can set judicial precedents which must then be followed in later cases- supreme court is the final court of appeal giving them greater weight Eg. 2016 r v Jogee the supreme court overturned the case on the principle of joint enterprise established in common law Despite this, parliament can still change laws to benefi...

Evaluate how far the UK system of representative democracy remains in need of improvement. - ANS Where it is working well: + Free and fair voting; Parliamentary function sovereignty; participation FPTP strengths: +stability: only 2/6 GE's in 2010's have produced coalitions or hung Parliaments +MP direct link to constituent, quick (i.e. Newcastle central declared 60 mins after poll closed, 2017) BUT: - 2 party dominate (Maurice Duverger's law) i.e. UKIP 2015, 12.6% of vote, 1 seat - Wa...

Direct democracy - ANSWER-all individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf Representative democracy - ANSWER-an individual selects a person to act on their behalf Similarities of representative and direct democracy - ANSWER-based on a majority Differences of direct and representative democracy - ANSWER-direct is not elective, direct is for individuals, direct has more citizen involvement Legitimacy - ANSWER-the right to exerci...

A-level POLITICS 7152/1 Paper 1 Government and politics of the UK Mark scheme June 2020 Version: 1.0 Final *206A7152/1/MS* Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in th...

A-level POLITICS 7152/1 Paper 1 Government and politics of the UK Mark scheme June 2020 Version: 1.0 Final *206A7152/1/MS* Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in th...

Evaluate how far the UK system of representative democracy remains in need of improvement. - ANS Where it is working well: + Free and fair voting; Parliamentary function sovereignty; participation FPTP strengths: +stability: only 2/6 GE's in 2010's have produced coalitions or hung Parliaments +MP direct link to constituent, quick (i.e. Newcastle central declared 60 mins after poll closed, 2017) BUT: - 2 party dominate (Maurice Duverger's law) i.e. UKIP 2015, 12.6% of vote, 1 seat - Wa...

Evaluate how far the UK system of representative democracy remains in need of improvement. - ANS Where it is working well: + Free and fair voting; Parliamentary function sovereignty; participation FPTP strengths: +stability: only 2/6 GE's in 2010's have produced coalitions or hung Parliaments +MP direct link to constituent, quick (i.e. Newcastle central declared 60 mins after poll closed, 2017) BUT: - 2 party dominate (Maurice Duverger's law) i.e. UKIP 2015, 12.6% of vote, 1 seat - Wa...

Evaluate the view that the Supreme Court has too much influence over the executive. para 1: - The supreme court can only determine law not create it However the supreme court can set judicial precedents which must then be followed in later cases- supreme court is the final court of appeal giving them greater weight Eg. 2016 r v Jogee the supreme court overturned the case on the principle of joint enterprise established in common law Despite this, parliament can still change laws to benefi...

A-level POLITICS 7152/1 Paper 1 Government and politics of the UK Mark scheme June 2020 Version: 1.0 Final *206A7152/1/MS* MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL POLITICS – 7152/1 – JUNE 2020 2 Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in thi...

On 29/09/2014 in my 2nd year of the law degree I wrote up my notes on the lecture on the module 'Constitutional and Administrative Law'. Common Law - Talked about binding rules where judgements in senior courts have made a vital contribution of constitutional law. Acts of Parliament - Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2003]. - Magna Carta is bill of rights - union with Scotland act 1706 dealing with electoral law - Human rights 1998 - Scotland Act 1998 - Government of Wales Act 1998 Lord J...