Week 1-2

Question 1

What is a constitution?

Answer 1

a system of government and a set of rules that regulate the exercise of political powers

Question 2

UK constitution?

Answer 2

UK doesn’t have a written constitution; parliament is sovereign (no higher form of law)

Question 3

Three pillars of UK constitution? (PRC)

Answer 3

Parliament, Rule of Law, and Constitutional conventions

Question 4

Devolution to the courts?

Answer 4

Human Rights Act 1998; common law constitutionalism

Question 5

Constitutional principles?

Answer 5

Normative direction of proposition, i.e., right to life

Question 6

Examples of CP?

Answer 6

Parliamentary sovereignty; accountability; human rights; rule of law

Question 7

Constitutional legislation?

Answer 7

primary legislation dealing with constitutional matters

Question 8

CL: Constitutive task ex.

Answer 8

Scotland Act 1998

Question 9

CL: Regulative task ex.

Answer 9

Human Rights Act 1998

Question 10

Common law?

Answer 10

interpretation of constitutional matters

Question 11

Rules and principle ex. from common law

Answer 11

Judicial review; common law rights (right to live and liberty); rule of law (all citizens are bound by law of country)

Question 12

Constitutional conventions?

Answer 12

political rules, not legally binding

Question 13

Example of CC?

Answer 13

Sewel Convention