Sop Flashcards
Why do constitutions do
Guarantee fundamental rights eg freedom of speech
First type like an oak tree
Written constitutions
Where have written constitutions
USA
What are written constitutions described as
Entrenched because they are not flexible and are difficult to change or remove
Willow tree like constitutions
Unwritten
Where has unwritten
Uk
What are they described to be unwritten
Flexible and rights are not entrenched
How many arms of state
3
Legislature
Executive
Judiciary
Who is in the legislature
Monarch and Parliament
What does the legislature do
Make laws
Who is in the executive
MPs and government, army and police
What is the job of the executive
To carry out the law
Who is in the judiciary
Judges and court s
What is the job of the judiciary
To solve legal disputes and enforce the law
Where is it where the is complete overlap of the arms of state
China 3 arms are together in the communist party results in dictatorship