constitution key points

Question 1

main functions of a constitution

Answer 1

1. determine how the political power should be distributed within the state
2. establish the political processes that make the systems work
3. state what the limits of government should be
4. assert the rights of citizens against the state
5. establish rules by which nationality is established
6. contain rules for its own amendment

Question 2

nature of the UK constitution

Answer 2

1. uncodified
2. unentrenched
3. unitary

Question 3

principles of UK constitution

Answer 3

1. P. Sov
2. Rule of Law

Question 4

significance of UK constitution being unentrenched

Answer 4

UK Parliament is sovereign, meaning that each individual Parliament cannot be bound by its predecessors.
AKA:
every new Parliament is able to amend the constitution as it wishes