Sources of law

Legal Systems

Lecture 2
The UK Constitution
&
Parliamentary Sovereignty

,Aims and Objectives
• In today’s lecture, we will be covering:
• The UK constitution
• The different institutions of the UK constitution and their roles
• The key concepts of the UK constitution
• The concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty




• Objectives
• By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:
• Identify the different institutions of the UK constitution and their roles
• Understand the underpinning concepts of the UK constitution and their importance
• Analyse what is meant by Parliamentary Sovereignty

, What is a ‘Constitution’?
• Activity




When you hear the word “Constitution” what do
you think?