Constitution (Examples)
- Created by: Stepan Simkin
- Created on: 15-05-13 07:05
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- Constituion
- Statutes of Constituional Significance
- Constitutional Conventions
- Royal Prerogative
- Crown Powers are mainly used by the PM and the Cabinet
- Patronage, Declaring War, Ratification of international treaties
- Crown Powers are mainly used by the PM and the Cabinet
- Collective Ministerial Responsibility
- defines relationship between ministers and the Cabinet/between government and Parliament/motion of "no confidence"
- Royal Prerogative
- Works of Constitutional Authority
- Walter Bagehot's "The English Constitution"
- Provided the classic definition of the role of the PM ("first among equals")
- A.V. Dicey's "Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution"
- Defined the Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law as the twin pillars of the constitution.
- Thomas Erskine May's "Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Use of Parliament".
- Walter Bagehot's "The English Constitution"
- EU Laws and Treaties
- Treaty of Rome 1957
- Creation of European Commnuity
- Single European Act 1986
- Single Market within the EC
- Treaty on EU (Maastricht Treaty) 1993
- Introduced political union - EU/ UK opted out single currency
- Treaty of Lisbon 2009
- Planned to create a EU Constitution, ended up creating decision making arrangements within the EU
- Treaty of Rome 1957
- Constitutional Reform Act 2005
- Statutes of Constituional Significance
- Creation of the Supreme Court instead of Law Lords
- Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949
- Limited the powers of the House of Lords
- Scotland Act 1998
- Established the Scottish Parliament
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Wrote the ECHR into statute law
- Government of Wales Act 1998
- Established Welsh Assembly
- House of Lords Act 1999
- Stopped all but 92 hereditary peers from sitting in the House of Lords
- Constitutional Conventions
- Royal Prerogative
- Crown Powers are mainly used by the PM and the Cabinet
- Patronage, Declaring War, Ratification of international treaties
- Crown Powers are mainly used by the PM and the Cabinet
- Collective Ministerial Responsibility
- defines relationship between ministers and the Cabinet/between government and Parliament/motion of "no confidence"
- Royal Prerogative
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