uk constitution

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constitution

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set of laws which lay out how a country is to be governed and the relationship between different branches of government

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legislature

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a country’s law making body, in the uk it is parliament

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government

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The prime minister and cabinet, made up of the largest party in the commons

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parliament

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the uk’s legislature made up of 650 mps

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judiciary

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the countries law courts, judges ect.

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codified constitution

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a constitution which is all laid out in a single document

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uncodified constitution

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a constitution which is not all laid out in a document but can be found in a variety of sources

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devolution

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when certain powers were transferred from a central government at westminister to a subnational governmnt

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convention

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accepted constitutional practices because it is tradition

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statute law

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laws passed by Act of Parliament which form part of the constitution

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common law

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law derived from decision’s in court cases and from general customs

body of unwritten laws based on legal prescendents established by courts eg all kids under 5’2 have to wear a seatbelt

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royal perogative

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powers exercised in the name of the crown by the government

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sovereignty

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the ultimate law making authority, not. subject to a higher authority

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unconstituional

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actions or laws that go beyond what are the accepted rules of the constitution

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parliamentary sovereignty

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the doctrine that parliament is the supreme law making body in the uk

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executive

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the government

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unitary state

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a state with a strong central government and no signficant cultural or ethnic difference between regions

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union state

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a state where different part of the country is run differently and where there are significant cultural religious ethnic difference between the regions

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rule of law

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the principle that everyone is equal under the law and no one is above the law

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entrenched provisions

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“fundamental laws” that cannot be changed easily because they require a super majority to change them