BRITISH CONSTITUTION by https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln en-us 2016-12-24 13:26:22 UTC 2024-07-26 05:56:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png The constitution of the United Kingdom is the sum of laws and principles that make up the body politic of the United Kingdom . alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765245 2016-12-24 13:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765245 is... alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765280 ♦ unwritten
♦ uncodified
♦ flexible
♦ adaptable]]> 2016-12-24 13:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765280 Sources: alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765322 ♦ Magna Carta of 1215
♦ Act of Settlement of 1701
♦ Laws and Customs of Parliament
♦ Case law
♦ Political conventoin
♦ Constitutional matters decided in a court of law]]> 2016-12-24 13:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765322 alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765400 2016-12-24 13:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144765400 There are two basic principles to the B.C. alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766501 2016-12-24 15:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766501 The Rule of Law alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766518 ♦ the rights of individuals are protected, determined and guaranted by legal rules 
♦ there can be no punishment unless a court decides there has been a breach of law
♦ everyone, regardless of your position in society is subjec to the law
♦ the critical feature to the Rule of Law is that individual liberties depend on it]]> 2016-12-24 15:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766518 The Supremacy of Parliament alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766624 ♦ the members of the Parliament have the power to assess, pass or reject legislation  
♦ the Parliament also has the power - after going through its own parliamentary processes alterning its own laws
♦ the Supremacy of Parliament is the backbone of the British Politics]]> 2016-12-24 15:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766624 As a result it is a LIMITED MONARCHY in Britain alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766694 2016-12-24 15:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766694 alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766814 2016-12-24 15:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766814 Bicameralism alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766983 2016-12-24 15:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144766983 The upper House - The House Of Lords alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144767004 THE MAIN FUNCTION is to examine and pervise bills from the House Of Commons
The members of the House of Lords are NOT ELECTED]]> 2016-12-24 15:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144767004 The lower House - The House Of Commons alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144767083 THE MAIN FUNCTION is to introduce bills
The members of the House of Commons are ELECTED]]> 2016-12-24 15:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144767083 Unitary nature alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144767110 The UK is a unitary, not a federal state]]> 2016-12-24 15:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144767110 alina_25_03_98 https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144832777 2016-12-28 02:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alina_25_03_98/aen5begllaln/wish/144832777