4 Principles Of The Uk Constitution

Question 1

What are the three parts of the separation of powers?

Answer 1

Executive
Legislative
Judiciary

Question 2

Executive is …

Answer 2

Government come up with the idea

Question 3

Legislative is …

Answer 3

Parliament make the laws

Question 4

Judiciary is …

Answer 4

Judges apply the laws

Question 5

Explain Parliamentary Sovereignty ?

Answer 5

• parliament holds legal supremacy which means Westminster parliament is the main law making body
• no parliament can bind its successors
• legislation can not be passed by a higher authority

Question 6

Explain the Rule Of Law?

Answer 6

-defines the relationship between the state and its people
-no one can be punished without a free trial
- no one is above the law and all are subjects to the same justice

Question 7

Rule of law practices?

Answer 7

• court can hold government ministers, police officers and public officials to account for their actions
• law passed by Parliament must be interpreted and applied by an independent judiciary free from political interference
• citizens can take the government or local authority to court if they wish so

Question 8

Explain Unitary State ?

Answer 8

• a state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority
• subnational powers have autonomous power that are safeguarded by the constitution
• regional government is weak or non-existent
  -local government has little power

Question 9

Explain constitution monarchy ?

Answer 9

• government ministers are politically accountable to parliament and legally accountable to the crown and must face the electorate every 5 years
• there power balance between different branches of government