The Consitution

Question 1

Constitution

Answer 1

Set of rules determining where sovereignty lies in a political system, and establishing the relationship between the government and the governed.

Question 2

Entrenched

Answer 2

Can’t be amended or changed.

Question 3

Codified

Answer 3

A single authoritarian document.

Question 4

Unitary

Answer 4

All legal sovereignty is contained in a single place sometimes with minimal devolution.

Question 5

Parliamentary sovereignty

Answer 5

Principle that parliament can make, amend or unmake any laws and can’t bind to successors or be bound by its predecessors.

Question 6

Rule of law

Answer 6

All bodies, including govt, must follow law and can be held accountable if they do not.

Question 7

Statue law

Answer 7

Laws passed in parliament

Question 8

Common law

Answer 8

Laws made by judges where the law doesn’t cover issues or is unclear.

Question 9

Conventions

Answer 9

Traditions not contained in law but influential in the operation of political system.

Question 10

Authoritative works

Answer 10

Works written by experts describing how a political system is run, they are not legally binding but are taken as significant guides.

Question 11

Treaties

Answer 11

Formal agreements with other countries, usually ratified by parliament.

Question 12

Devolution

Answer 12

Dispersal of power but not sovereignty within a political system.