Features of UK democracy- key words

Question 1

Constitution

Answer 1

A set of rules that establishes how a country should be governed

Question 2

Constitutionalism

Answer 2

Government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by the rulers

Question 3

Codification

Answer 3

The process of setting out a constitution in an organized way in a single document

Question 4

Codified constitution

Answer 4

A constitution that has been written down in an organized way in a single document

Question 5

Uncodified constitution

Answer 5

A constitution that has not been written down in an organized way in a single document

Question 6

Entrenchment

Answer 6

When a constitution is legally protected from arbitrary amendments (changes) to it

Question 7

Separation of powers

Answer 7

The doctrine that all political institutions in a state should be separate from each other

Question 8

Constitutional monarchy

Answer 8

Political system where a constitution limits the power of the monarch

Question 9

Parliamentary government

Answer 9

A political system where Parliament is a key feature

Question 10

Parliamentary sovereignty

Answer 10

The principle that Parliament is the ultimate source of all authority and power within the political system