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The Constitution (Devolution) Flashcards

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Scotland Act 1998

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Gave Primary powers and powers to vary tax by 3p per pound

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Scotland Act 2012

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Vary tax by 10p and additional tax powers

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Scotland Act 2016

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Extended transport, energy, social security benefits
income tax rate setting powers
receive proceeds of national VAT

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Wales Act 1998

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Secondary Legislative powers

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Wales Act 2006

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Additional Ref. on primary legislative powers

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Welsh Devolution Ref. 2011

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Direct law making power in 20 areas, health, education etc.

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Wales Act 2014

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Minor tax powers, ref on income tax varying powers

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Wales Act 2017

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Reserved powers model, transport energy, tax varying powers by 10p without ref.

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The N.I Act 1998

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Based on Belfast Agreement, transferred power to legislate on transferred matters

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St Andrew’s Agreement 2006

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Renewed Devolution

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What was devolved to N.I in 2010

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Police and Criminal Justice

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What Act devolved power to set corporation tax to N.I?

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The Corporation Tax (N.I) Act 2015

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13
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Key Historic documents the constitution is based on

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Magna Carta 1215
Bill of Rights 1689
Act of Settlement 1701
Act of Union 1701
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1945
The European Communities Act 1972

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14
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When was the Fixed Term Parliament Act passed?

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2011

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When was the constitutional Reform Act passed, what did it do?

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2005
Established supreme court
Separated role of Lord Chancellor into 3 roles

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Who by and when was the Alternative Reform of the Lords presented?

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Committee ran by Lord Burns in 2017

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17
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How much can Lords claim each day?

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£300.00

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18
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How many peers did Cameron create between 2010 and 2017?

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295 peers

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What did the Alternative Reform on Lords suggest?

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  1. Reduce size to 600 within 10 years, maintain until 2047
  2. New Peerages restricted to 15 year terms
  3. Political Peers in relation to election performance, taking seats and vote share into account
20
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What two ideas does a Liberal Democracy combine?

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Liberalism and Democracy

21
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What are entrenched laws?

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Laws which are purposely made difficult to amend

22
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What does fundamental/Higher law mean?

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All other laws must be compatible

23
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What is the aim of a Bill of Rights?

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Protect people from other people - safeguard individual rights

24
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What does Uncodified mean?

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Not in one written document

25
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In the uk what is sovereign?

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Parliament

26
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Which countries around the world have an uncodified constitution?

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UK
Israel
New Zealand

27
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What caused America to adopt a codified constitution? In which year?

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Revolutionary War 1775-83
Constitution 1787

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What caused Germany to adopt a codified constitution? In which year?

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Nazi surrender 1945
Constitution 1949

29
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What caused Iraq to adopt a codified constitution? In which year?

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Iraqi govt. collapse after 2003 invasion
Constitution 2005

30
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What is Divine Right?

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From God

31
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What is Royal Prerogative?

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Power and authority belonging directly to a monarch

32
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When was the Feudal System introduced?

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1066

33
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Who did the Monarch take advice from previously?

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Tenants-in-Chiefs (landowners)
Ecclesiastics (priests)

34
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In which year was the Assize of Clarendon? What did this do?

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1166 - Henry VIII
Judges to travel around circuits to enforce laws made by judges in Westminster - less local variation

35
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What did the Assize of Clarendon create?

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Common Law

36
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When and what was the Magna Carta?

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1215 - King John
He agreed to significant limits on this royal prerogative

37
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Which 3 clauses of the Magna Carta are often still used?

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39, 40, 45

38
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What is the Rule of Law?

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No one is above the law - not even the king

39
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Which law during King James I’s reign saw some limits imposed on prerogative power?

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The case of Proclamations (1610)

40
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What and when was the Five Knight’s Case?

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Charles I imprisoned those who didn’t pay “forces loans” after parliament refused to fund war with France.

He also imposed ‘Martial Law’ - soldiers being housed in civilian homes

41
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What was the impact of the Five Knight’s Case?

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Petition of Rights 1628 - no taxes levied without parliaments consent, habeas corpus imposed, no marital law during peace time, soldiers not to be housed in civilian homes

Parliament not used for 11 years

42
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When was the English Civil War?

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1642-51

43
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Following the Civil war 2 codified constitutions were introduced, what where their names and which year were they brought in?

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Instrument of Government 1653
Humble Petition and Advise 1657

44
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In which year was the restoration of the monarchy?

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1660

45
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When and what was the Glorious Revolution?

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1688-89
King James II removed by William of Orange

46
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What did the Glorious Revolution lead to?

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Bill of Rights (1689)
Parliament now sovereign

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