The consitution UK

• constitution


  a set of rules determining where sovereigty lies in a political syste, and establishes the relationship between the govt and governed
• unentrenched

  a constitution with no special procedure for amendment
• uncodified

  a constiution not contained in a single written document
• unitary


  a political system where all legal sovereignty is contained in a single place
• Parliamentary sovereignty


  the principle that Parliament can make, amend or unmake any law and cannot bind its succesor or be bound by its predecessor
• the rule of law

  the principles that all people and bodies, including the govt must follow the law and be held accountable if they dont
• statue law


  law passed by parliament
• common law

  laws made by judges where the law doesnt cover the issue or is unclear
• conventions

  traditions not contained in law but influental in the operation of a political system
• authoritative works

  works written by experts describing how a political system is run, they are not legally binding but are taken as significant guides
• treaties


  formal agreements with other countries, ratified by Parliament
• Devolution


  the dispersal of power, but not sovereignty, within a political system