What is a constitution and the development of the UK constitution
- Created by: Alexmac333
- Created on: 20-01-19 19:19
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What Is A Constitution
- Number of functions of a consitution:
- Detirmine how political power should be distributed within the state, Unitary system in UK or a federal one in the US
- Make rules of how political process works, reations between branches and rules on how they operate
- Also places limits on the government, UK actually places no limits on government, wheras US has many limits
- Asserts rights of citizens over the state (Human Rights act 1999)
- Establish how to become a citizen of the country
- Also sets out how constitution can be amended, in UK just needs a parliamentry statute whereas in…
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