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| Question | Answer |
| What is the definition of a constitution? | A set of laws that protects peoples freedom and limits the action of the government against that freedom. |
| What are some key functions of the constitution? | 1. Seeks to establish the duties, power and function of the government. 2. Regulates relationships inside of goverment. 3. Defines the relationship between the state and the individual. |
| Why are constitutions important? | 1. "we cannot trust the government or, for that matter, anyone who has power over us". 2. Helps maintain limited government. 3."man is not free unless government is limited". Ronald Reagan. |
| What are some characteristics of the UK constitution? (PUFF) | Parliamentary sovreignty Uncodified unitary fusion of powers flexible |
| What is paliamentary sovreignty? | Where the is supreme, unrestricted power. Parliament has absolute authority. |
| What does 'uncodified' mean? | When a constitution is not written down on a single document and can be easily changed. The laws on it are not actually protected. |
| What does unitary mean. | Where ultimate power lies with a single body. |
| Define fusion of powers. | Where the executive branch and the legislative branch intergrate and anyone can be a part of both. |
| Explain the term flexible in terms of a constitution. | Changes can happen quickly, easily and frequently. |
| Define Authoritative | The constitution is a 'higher law'. The constitution binds all political institutions, including those that make ordinary law. |
| Define entrenched. | Where a process is put in place in order to make it diccult to ammend the constitution. |
| Define Judiciable | Judges are able to interpret the laws and make sure they are constitutional. |
| Define non authorative | Constitutional laws are the same as regular laws. |
| Define unentrenched | Can easily be changed through normal process for enacting statute law. |
| Define non judiciable | In absence of higher law. Judges have no legal standard against which law they can declare. |
| Where are some places the the UK gets it constitution? | Magna carta Act of settlement Rule of law Supremacy of parliament Ancient Greece Parliamentary sovreignty EU statute law |
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