the constitution: key words

Question 1

constitution

Answer 1

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

Question 2

constitutionalism

Answer 2

a 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 organised way in a single document

Question 4

codified constitution

Answer 4

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

Question 5

uncodified constitution

Answer 5

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

Question 6

entrenchment

Answer 6

when a constitution is legally protected from arbitrary amendments 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

a political system where a constitution limits the power of the monarch

Question 9

parliamentary government

Answer 9

a political system where parliament is a central feature

Question 10

parliamentary sovereignty

Answer 10

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