Constitution Flashcards
Rule of law
Principle that all people and bodies must follow the law and can be held accountable if they do not
Statue Law
Laws passed by Parliament
Common Law
Laws made by judges where the law does not cover or make clear
Conventions
Tradition not contained in law but still influential
Authoritative works
Works written by expert describing how a political system is run
Treaties
Formal agreements with other countries
Devolution
The dispersal of power without a political system
What is the UKs constitute
It is uncodified
What is the advantages of an uncodified constitution
It is flexible and unitary (power concentrated in a central gov)
What are the three branches of power
Judiciary, Legislature and Executive
What is the judiciary
Law courts- such as Supreme Court
What is the Legislature
Response for discussing and passing laws- Parliament
What is the Executive
Responsible for directing the nations affairs- Government
What act removed most hereditary peers
Removal of hereditary peers from the House of Lords (1999)
What act created the Supreme Court
The Constitutional Reform Act (2005)
