Uk constitution

Cards (11)

  • Constitution Determines where parliment sovereignty lies and establishes the relation between gov and governed
  • Unentrenched no special procedure to change a law
  • unitary a political system where parliment sovereignty is in one place
  • Parliament soveri is thay the parliament can make or unbend any law and can’t be bind its successors
  • Statue law is law passed by parliment
  • Common law is made by judges where the law does to cover the issue and is unclear
  • Conventions is traditions not contained in law but Influences the operation of political system
  • Devolution is the disperse of power without disperring sovereignty
  • Authoritative work is work written by experts to describe how political system works
  • uncodifed - A constitution not contained in a single document.
  • The rule of law - all people and bodies, including government, must follow the law