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The Nature of the British Constitution Flashcards

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GIVE FIVE FEATURES OF EVALUATING A DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION.

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WHAT IS MEANT BY A ‘UNCONDIFIED’ CONSTITUTION?

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR A CASE THAT OUTLINES THE FOLLOWING:

WEAKNESS OF THE UNCODIFIED CONSTITUTION

STRENGTH OF THE UNCODIFIED CONSTITUTION

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NAME THREE FEATURES OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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HOW DOES A UNITARY STATE DIFFER TO A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE?

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WHAT IS MEANT BY A ‘QUASI-FEDERAL’ GOVERNMENT?

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OUTLINE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF A UNITARY STATE AND A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE.

GIVE EXAMPLES.

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WHAT IS MEANT BY A ‘UNITARY STATE’?

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HOW DOES A UNITARY STATE DIFFER TO A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE?

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HOW HAS THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION EVOLVED OVERTIME- WHAT HAS THIS BEEN INFLUENCED BY?

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR A CASE THAT OUTLINES THE GROWING ‘QUASI-FEDERAL’ NATURE OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY’?

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HOW MAY PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED IN RECENT YEARS?

REFER TO AN EXAMPLE OR A CASE.

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WHAT IS MEANT BY THE ‘RULE OF LAW’?

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HOW IS THE RULE OF LAW PRACTICED IN THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION?

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR A CASE THAT UNDERMINES THE RULE OF LAW.

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OUTLINE WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘STATUTE LAW’.

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GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF STATUTE LAW.

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DISCUSS HOW & WHY STATUTE LAW MAY HAVE BEEN LIMITED IN RECENT YEARS.

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WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘JUDICIAL PRECEDENT’?

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OUTLINE WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘COMMON LAW’.

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DISCUSS WHY COMMON LAW IS LESS VISIBLE & LESS SIGNIFICANT IN THE UK THAN IT IS IN THE US.

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GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF COMMON LAW.

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OUTLINE WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘ROYAL PREROGATIVE’.

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GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF ROYAL PREROGATIVE.

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DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE.
HOW MAY THESE POWERS LEAD TO GROWING ‘ELECTIVE DICTATORSHIP’.

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WHY DOES THE PM HAVE ROYAL PREROGATIVE?

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OUTLINE WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘CONVENTIONS’.

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NAME SIX SOURCES OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

(IN ORDER FROM THE MOST TO LEAST SIGNIFICANT)

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GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF CONVENTIONS.

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CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE & VISIBILITY OF CONVENTIONS IN THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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OUTLINE WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘AUTHORITATIVE WORKS’.

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GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF AUTHORITATIVE WORKS.

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CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE & VISIBLITY OF AUTHORITATIVE WORKS IN THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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CONSIDERING THE CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT, THERE IS A GROWTH IN ELECTVE DICTATORSHIP.

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GIVE THREE EXAMPLES WHERE THE PM HAS EXCEEDED THE POWER HANDED TO THEM BY THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE & HAS LED TO CASES OF ‘ELECTIVE DICTATORSHIP’.

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‘THERE IS AN INHERENT LACK OF POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT.’

DISCUSS & EVALUATE THIS STATEMENT.

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38
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LIST THE DATES OF EACH SOURCE OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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39
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WHAT WAS THE MAIN AIM OF THE MAGNA CARTA?

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OUTLINE THE MAIN FEATURES THAT THE MAGNA CARTA SET OUT.

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OUTLINE THE IMPACTS & EFFECTS THE MAGNA CARTA HAD ON ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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WHAT WAS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS?

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43
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OUTLINE THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS (1689).

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OUTLINE THE IMPACTS & EFFECTS THE BILL OF RIGHTS (1689) HAD ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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WHAT IMPACT DID THE BILL OF RIGHTS (1689) HAVE ON THE CONSTITUTION?

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EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS (1689).
WHAT IMPACT DID THIS HAVE ON THE CONSTITUTION?

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WHAT WAS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT (1701)?

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OUTLINE THE IMPACTS & EFFECTS THE ACT OF SETTLMENET (1701) HAD ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS & WEAKNESS WITH THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT (1701).

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50
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OUTLINE THE PURPOSE OF THE PARLIAMENT ACTS (1911 & 1949).

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51
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OUTLINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENT ACTS (1911 & 1949).

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WHAT IS MEANT BY A ‘VETO’?

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53
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DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LEGISLATION ON THE DISCOURSE OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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54
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EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS & WEAKNESS OF THE PARLIAMENT ACTS (1911 & 1949).

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55
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OUTLINE THE PURPOSE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT (ECA - 1972).

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UNDER WHO WAS THE ECA (1972) ESTABLISHED?

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WHAT FURTHER LEGISLATION AMENDED OR REPEALED THE ECA (1972)?

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CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ACT ON THE DISCOURSE OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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59
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EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF THE ECA (1972).

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WHAT ISSUES & DEBATES EXIST OVER REFORMING THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION?

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NAME FIVE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MODERNISATION OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

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OUTLINE TWO FEATURES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS ACT (1999).

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OUTLINE TWO FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ACT (CRA - 2005).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM BILL (2012).

DID NOT PASS

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN ACT (2013).

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NAME SEVEN PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT CONTRIBUTED TO GREATER DEMOCRACY IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE GREATER LONDON AUTHROITY ACT (1999).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ACT (1999).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE POLICE REFORMS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (2011).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE FIXED-TERM PARLIAMENTS ACT (2011).

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OUTLINE THE OVERAL IMPACT OF THE FTPA (2011) ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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OUTLINE HOW THE FTPA (2011) REPRESENTS THE FLAWS OF AN UNCODIFIED CONSTITUTION.

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EVALUATE THE POST-1997 CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES TO THE MODERNISATION OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THIS?

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WHAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION REPLACED THE FTPA (2011)?

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EVALUATE THE POST-1997 CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES TO THE DEMOCRATISATION OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THIS?

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NAME THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROCESS & EXTENSION OF DEVOLUTION, IN THE UK.

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE SCOTLAND ACT (1998), THE WALES ACT (1998) & THE NORTHERN IRELAND ACT (1998).

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EVALUATE THE POST-1997 CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES TO THE PROCESS & EXTENSION OF DEVOLUTION, IN THE UK.

HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THIS?

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NAME FIVE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS.

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

(HRA - 1998).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE EQUALITY ACT (2010).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PROTECTION OF FREEDOMS ACT (2012).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE DATA PROTECTIONS ACT (2018).

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OUTLINE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATIONS ACT (2000).

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OUTLINE THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOI - 2000) ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

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EVALUATE THE POST-1997 CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES TO THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THIS?

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DISCUSS ISSUES & DEBATES OVER INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE RIGHTS.

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OUTLINE THE IMPORTANCE & IMPACT OF THESE CASES.

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OUTLINE TWO CASES THAT PRESENT ISSUE OF INDIVIDUAL VS. COLLECTIVE RIGHTS.

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OUTLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTI-TERRORIST LEGISLATION IN THE DEBATE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS.

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DISCUSS THE EXTENT OF EFFECTIVENESS WITH RECENT LEGISLATION.

DOES THE UK PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OR DOES IT FAIL TO PROTECT THEM?

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