VOID

Question 1

What are the constitutional principles?

Answer 1

Parliamentary Sovereignty

Rule of Law

Separation of Powers

Question 2

What is Parliamentary Sovereignty?

Answer 2

Parliament can make/unmake any law

Question 3

What is the Rule of Law?

Answer 3

The government is bound by law

Question 4

What is the separation of powers?

Answer 4

Powers are divided among branches to prevent concentration.

Question 5

What is a constitutional convention?

Answer 5

An informal/uncodified tradition that is followed by the institutions of a state

May have been adhered to for centuries

Question 6

The introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 provided BLANK on what Parliament enacts

Answer 6

Judicial Scrutiny

Question 7

What is our current constitution thought as regarding its legal/political nature?

Answer 7

A mixed system

Question 8

What are some aspects of common law?

Answer 8

Courts develop common law principles

Encompasses private and public law

Common law can be amended by Parliament

Question 9

What are some aspects of Constitutional Conventions?

Answer 9

Relies heavily on non-legal principles and norms

Conventions guide government and Parliament behaviours