UK Constitution Flashcards
What was ‘The Great Repeal Bill’?
A bill created by Theresa May on 2nd October 2016. It overturned the European Communities Act 1972 and removed the supermercy of European Union law over UK law.
When did ‘The Great Repeal Bill’ pass through Parliament?
20th June 2018 with royal assent on 26th June 2018.
Bill of Rights
An authorititive statement of the rights of citizens, often entrenched as part of a codified constitution.
Constitution
The set of Laws, rules and practices that create the basic institutions of the state and its component and related parts, and stipulate the powers of those institutions and their relationships between themselves and the individual.
Limited Government
A system in which the powers of Government are subject to legal constraints as well as checks and balances within the political system.
Constitutionalism
The theory of government according to the rules and principals of a constitution.
Uncodified Constitution
Has no single source for the rules and principals that govern the state. These rules can be found in statue laws and historical documents.
When and what was the ‘Magna Carta’?
1215
Garunteed the right to a swift and fair trial
Offered protection from arbitary imprisonment
Placed limitations on taxations
When and what was the ‘Bill of Rights’?
1689
Placed limitations on the power of the monarch
Enhanced the status of Parliament
Prohibited cruel and unusual punishment
When and what was the ‘Act of Settlement’?
1701
Barred Roman Catholics, or those married to Roman Catholics from taking the throne
Resulted in the House of Hanover taking over the throne
Saif to have paved the way for the Acts of Union (1707)
When and what was the ‘Act of Union’?
1707
United the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to form Great Britain, governed from Westminster
When and what was the ‘Parliament Act’?
1911/1949
1911) Reduced the power of the house of lords to delay money Bills by reducing the time limit to a maximum 2 year delay
1949) Redeuced the power of the house of lords to delay non money bills by reducing the time limit to 1 year
When and what was the ‘European Communities Act’?
1972
The act of parliament that formally took the UK into the European Economic Community (EEC)
Incorperated the treaty of Rome into UK law, thus making European Law superior to UK law
What was the treaty of Rome?
The treaty that made European Law superior to UK law
When are Codified Constitutions produced?
Because of Newly found idependence: US Constitution of 1789
After a period of Authorotarian rule: the spanish constitution of 1978
Becuase of war or occupation: West Germanys Basic Law of 1949
