S1: The Constitution

Question 1

What is public law ?

Answer 1

• Public law is a set of rules that govern the relationships between private individuals and public bodies.

Question 2

What does public law include and what is it concerned with?

Answer 2

• Current affairs/political issues/ broad political questions and everything going on in society.
• It is concerned with how the state functions and governs regulating relationships between the different organs of state.

Question 3

What does public law help ?

Answer 3

It helps to shapes society and outlines how it works by helping upload a moral code of conduct

Question 4

What are other features of public law ?

Answer 4

• Constitutional law
• Other law
• Admin law
• Private law

Question 5

What does public law consist of ?

Answer 5

• Constitutional law which is the public relationship between powers of the british government.
• Other law which is private relationships between citizens.

Question 6

Examples of public law

Answer 6

-CPS
-MoJ
-ECHR
-Police

Question 7

What is a constitution ?

Answer 7

A set of rules explaining the relatioship between the people and the government. It regulates powers possessed by authorities.

Question 8

Examples of a constitution

Answer 8

• Govt control over human rights
• Regulations between the govt and the individual
• Sub branches of the govt i.e., parliament/judiciary

Question 9

What are the key features of the UK constitution ?

Answer 9

• Separation of powers
• Rule of Law
• Parliamentary Sovereignty

Question 10

Does the UK have a written or unwritten constitution ? What does this mean ?

Answer 10

UK has an unwritten constitution. It may be codified so gathered in a single document or uncodifed meaning contained in a variety of sources.

Question 11

What are the written or unwritten sources ?

Answer 11

Written Sources include:
- Acts of Parliament
- EU law
- ECHR
- Common Law decisions
Unwritten sources include:
- ROL
- SoP
- Parliamentary Sovereignty
- Prerogative Powers

Question 12

What is an uncodified constitution ?

Answer 12

A system of government which isn’t based on a single written document and instead a combination of laws.

Question 13

Why are constitutional cases or statutes so important to public law?

Answer 13

• Constitutional cases or statute may seem important to public law as the constitution is there to solve these problems and so seen more within case law.
• Constitutional statutes however are the bigger parts of the legislation which are much harder to get rid of.