UK constitution
A set of Rules detailing A country's System of government
● common law legal system - law made by judge
● adverbial procedure - court as investigator
The unwritten constitution
● not as clear as law can be found from multiple sources
Basic principles of the British consituation
unwritten
● Acts
● treaties
● conventions (e.g. Royal assent)
● customs
Separation of powers of the state
● executive - government and its servants CJ
● legislative - parliament
• judiciary - judges
● preserves independence and ensures there isn't too much power concentrated in
one body or institution
A set of Rules detailing A country's System of government
● common law legal system - law made by judge
● adverbial procedure - court as investigator
The unwritten constitution
● not as clear as law can be found from multiple sources
Basic principles of the British consituation
unwritten
● Acts
● treaties
● conventions (e.g. Royal assent)
● customs
Separation of powers of the state
● executive - government and its servants CJ
● legislative - parliament
• judiciary - judges
● preserves independence and ensures there isn't too much power concentrated in
one body or institution
