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the development of the constitution 1.1
Why is the uk consitution not as ...,
Originally how was government formed,
What did these nobles help to do
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6 documents which changed the constitution (SPEC) 1.1
When was the magna carta written,
What is the overview of the magna...,
When was the bill of rights written
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the nature of the constitution 1.1
Uncodefied,
Unentrenched,
Unitary
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The twin pillars of the UK constitution: parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law 1.1
Parliamentary sovreignty,
What are three main ways that par...,
Rule of law
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the five main sources of the UK constitution 1.1
What is statute law,
What is statute law,
What is common law
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Pressure for reform in the 1990's 1.2
Demands for modernisation,
The experience of conservative ru...
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Changes under Labour, 1997 - 2010 1.2
House of lord reform,
Electoral reform,
Devolution
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reforms under the coalition 2010 -2015 and the conservative government since 2015 1.2
House of lords reform and house o...,
Electoral reform,
Rights
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The role and powers of devolved bodies in the UK 1.3
What is a two tier system,
What happened to the two tier system,
What happened to governing author...
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Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 1.3
How was westminister still got co...
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Scottish Parliament and government 1.3
When was scottish government set up,
How many memebrs of scottish parl...,
How many times can there be an el...
10
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Welsh Assembly and government 1.3
Where is the welsh assembly based...,
When was the welsh assembly created,
What electoral system do the wels...
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Northern Ireland Assembly and executive 1.3
When was devolution established i...,
Where is the northern irish assem...,
How many members does the
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Debates on further reform 1.4
Devolution,
Electoral reform,
House of lords reform
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To what extent should the constitutional reforms introduced since 1997 be taken further? 1.4
Arguments for extending devolutio...,
Arguments against devolutionwithi...
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Arguments for the UK constitution to be entrenched and codified, including a Bill of Rights 1.4
Arguments for the uk constitution...,
Arguments against the uk constitu...
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The structure, role and powers of the executive 3.1
In order of most powerful to leas...,
What is the executive,
What is the cabinet
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The main roles of the executive 3.1
List some of the responsibilities...,
List the three main roles the exe...,
Explain what is means by proposin...
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The main powers of the executive 3.1
What are the main powers of the e...,
What is a royal prereogative,
Example of main prerogative powers
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the concept of individual ministerial responsibility 3.2
What is individual ministerial re...,
What happens if ministers misled ...,
Charles clarke case study individ...
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the concept of collective ministerial responsibility 3.2
What is the concept of collective...,
What happens with a vote of no co...,
When did a person refuse collecti...
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exceptions to collective responsibility 3.2
When does collective responsibili...,
What did this mean to specific la...,
When was a moment were collective...
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The Prime Minister and Cabinet 3.3
What are the factors governing th...,
Why is ability and experience imp...,
Establishing a prime minister s a...
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the relationship between Cabinet and prime minister 3.3
What is the cabinet mostly respon...,
What is a presidential government
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Factors that affect the relationship and how they have changed 3.3
List the factors that affect the ...,
Why is management skills important,
Why is ability to set their agend...
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the balance of power between prime minister and cabinet 3.3
The cabinet remains an important ...,
Why is cabinet approving decision...,
Why does the pm need support from...
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The powers of the prime minister and the Cabinet to dictate events and policy 3.3
What are the prime minister s powers,
What are the factors which may en...
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CASE STUDY : JOHN MAJOR 3.3
When did john major show good con...,
How was replacing poll tax to cou...,
How was handling the gulf war
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CASE STUDY : TONY BLAIR 3.3
When did tony blair have good con...,
When did john major show good con...,
How did show tony blair had good ...
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Relations between institutions 4.1
What makes up the government,
What does the executive do,
What does the legislature do
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The role and composition of the Supreme Court 4.1
When was the supreme court opened,
What was the supreme court intent...,
Who were the appelate community
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The Supreme Court's Role 4.1
Does the uk have a unified legal ...,
How many legal systems are there ...,
What does the supreme court do in...
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Appointment of members of the Supreme Court 4.1
How many members of the supreme c...,
When a case is taking place how m...,
What did the times newspaper desc...
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the key operating principles of the Supreme court 4.1
The key operating principles of t...,
How is judicial neutrality establ...,
How can the public be sure that t...
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Judicial Independence 4.1
Judicial independence,
How is judicial independence kept,
How is terms of employment keepin...
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How independent is the Supreme court 4.1
When was there an issue about ind...
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The influence of the Supreme Court on the executive and parliament 4.1
What happens if a uk piece of leg...,
What,
Why does parliamentary sovreignty...
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four supreme court rulings 4.1
Explain sex offenders and registr...,
Explain private jason smith,
Explain al rawi and secret hearing
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The origins and development of the UK Parliament 2.1
When who and where was parliament...,
When was the supremacy of the hou...,
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