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UK government 1.1

The constitution

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What is a constitution A set of rules for governing a government with the purpose of preventing it being over powering
What is a codified constitution A constitution which is written down and in one place as one document. These constitutional laws are entrenched
What is an uncodified constitution A constitution that is made up of several sources, some wiritten, some not. Eg the UK constitution
What does entrenched mean The constitution is protected by higher court, needing special procedures to amend it
What does non entrenched mean Easily amended as they are seen as equal laws
What does unitary mean Power is concentrated with a single body
What dies federal mean Power is shared between institutions
What does rigid mean The constitution is relatively difficult to amend eg the SA constitution
What does flexible mean The constitution is quite easy to amend
Is the UK constitution flexible Yes, its been changed lots of times since 1997
Is there USA system rigid Yes, it’s only had 27 amendments since being introducted in 1791
What was the magna carta Certain basic rights were established in a written set of promises by the king to stop him abusing his people
What was their bill of rights act 1689 It guaranteed further basic rights for example free elections . It laid out both rights of parliament and limitations on the power of the monarch
What was the Act of Settlement 1701 This confirmed the power of parliament to determine the succession to the throne
What was the Acts of Union 1707 United Scotland’s to wales and england
What was the Parliaments Act 1911,1949 Stopped the House of Lords from having power to stop legislation. Instead they could delay a bill for 2 years. In 1949 they weren’t able to amend money bills and then could only delay other bills for a year
What was the European Act 1972 Britain joined the EU with eventual that EU law takes orecendence over UK law
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