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Lecture 1- introduction
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- Sheffield Hallam University (SHU)
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UK constitutional law and practice- Screencast oneWhy do we study this module?
- It’s a requirement for the legal profession
- Its impossible to understand how the law works if we don’t understand how laws are made
and how they are changed or challenged
- Issues which come up within the modules relating to judges, politicians and those working
for the state are relevant in every career within law.
What is the module about?
- Who has the power to make, apply and enforce law?
- How do individuals or groups get power to make, apply and enforce law
- How does the government system try ensuring power is used fairly and properly
- What happens when individual in power abuse it
- Power and accountability
Institution of state- a countries government and institutions that run it
Within the UK this is divided into parliament (also known as legislature (house of commons, lords)),
executive (government) and judiciary (judges), the monarch (has a key role in ensuring proposed
laws and regulations are imposed.
Module structure-
Semester one- learning about how our political and legal system works
- Why do we organise parliament, the court and gov in the way that we do?
- What are the relationships between institutions of state?
- Is the system fit for purpose?
Semester two- learning about the relationship between citizens and the state
- What power does the state have to make decisions that impact our lives?
- What can we do if we believe these powers are being incorrectly used?
Screencast two
Constitution
- The set of laws, rules and practices that creates the institutions of state, that create the
basic institutions of the state and the components and related parts and stipulates the
powers of those institutions and the relationship between the different institutions and
those institutions and the individuals.
- Rules, laws and practises are aimed at the state.
- Regulate and limit power
- The constitution also regulates the relationships between parliament, executives and
judiciary. And to what extent people and a role in decisions, it also regulates the power
dynamic between people and the state.
- Who makes law, who breaks law and who enforced law
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