Sources of the British Constitution

Question 1

Sources (5)

Answer 1

• royal prerogative
• legislation
• judicial decision (common law)
• constitutional conventions
• academic writings

Question 2

Examples of Constitutional Conventions (6)

Answer 2

• the sovereign does not refuse royal assent to bills passed by parliament
• the prime minister sits in the commons rather than the lords
• cabinet government
• cabinet collective responsibility
• individual ministerial responsibility
• salisbury convention 1945= the house of lords will not oppose the second or third reading of any government legislation promised in its election manifesto