The constitution

Question 1

What type of constitution is in the UK?

Answer 1

uncodified

Question 2

What is meant by an uncodified constitution?

Answer 2

There is no single document that explicitly outlines the constitution

Question 3

What is meant by constitutional laws being unentrenched?

Answer 3

Statute laws and constitutional laws are indifferent. Parliament can change both laws

Question 4

Where is sovereignty in the UK?

Answer 4

Parliament

Question 5

What can’t judges challenge?

Answer 5

Parliament’s ability to make or amend statute laws

Question 6

What suggests that the UK constitution is dated?

Answer 6

Built up from old documents such as the Magna Carta in 1215 which promises habeas corpus which is the right to be present at a trial against you

Question 7

What are statute laws?

Answer 7

Laws that are passed by Parliament making those laws sovereign

Question 8

Give an example of a statue law

Answer 8

Freedom of information act 2000 which allows public access to information held by the authorities

Question 9

What are conventions?

Answer 9

Traditions and customs that are part of the UK system but are not explicit laws

Question 10

Name an example of a convention

Answer 10

A PM is not legally obliged to resign after losing an election however they do this anyway due to it being conventional

Question 11

Name a constitutional change that has enhanced human rights?

Answer 11

Human Rights Act 1998 made the ECHR law in the UK

Question 12

what did the 1999 HOL reform act do?

Answer 12

Removed hereditary peers from the HOL

Question 13

When was the Human Rights Act made into UK law?

Answer 13

1998

Question 14

What did the fixed term parliament act do in 2011?

Answer 14

Fixed the dates of UK general elections to once every five years