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The UK constitution Flashcards

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3 main ideas of the UK constitution

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  • parliamentary sovereignty
  • uncodified
  • unitary state
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House of Lords Act

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1999

hereditary peers reduced to 92

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Fixed term parliaments Act

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2011
fixed date of general elections every five years
need 2/3 majority in commons to override this

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4
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Supreme Court

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2009
Law lords of HoL removed
Cannot strike down legislation

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e-petitions website

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2011
over 10,000 signs- official gov. response
over 100,000 signs: timetabled by backbench business committee

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Police Reform and Social responsibility act

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2011
Police and crime commissioners to be elected
v. low turnouts: first ones saw 12-14%

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European Communities Act

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1972

UK became part of the EEC (now EU)

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Treaty of Rome

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1958

EU laws take precedence over UK law

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eg of EU law challenging UK law

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Factortame case in 1990

Merchant Shipping act 1988 had conflicting parts with an EU law that were then struck down.

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Human Rights Act

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1998
enshrined The European convention on Human rights into UK law
judiciary can make a ‘declaration of incompatibility’ which Parliament is under no legal obligation to act on

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Scottish devolution

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Scottish parliament created in 1999

2012: Calman commission and 2015-2016 Smith commission increase powers

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Welsh devolution

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National Assembly for Wales created in 1999

2011 Welsh devolution referendum: can pass laws in all 20 devolved areas

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Irish devolution

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The Northern Ireland assembly created by the Good Friday Agreement in 1998
suspended multiple times including almost five years from 2002-2007

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EGs of devolved areas

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economic development, environment, Housing and Health

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15
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eg of a whole book in the UK constitution

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‘An Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution’ by A.V. Dicey

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16
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eg of an effective e-petition

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petition to reopen enquiry into the Hillsborough disaster was debated in the commons and was successful: enquiry set up and police documents were released.

17
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EGs of pointless e-petitions

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  • make Eurovision song contest a national holiday
  • make TV spoilers illegal
  • stuff about Rick and Morty, university challenge, Blue Peter

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