Constitutional law uk - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

These notes cover parliamentary supremacy as taught on the Public Law module of postgraduate law conversion courses (the GDL/PGDL). They can also cover topics on introductory public, administrative, and constitutional law papers taught on UK undergraduate Law degrees (LLBs). Using these notes, I gained a Distinction (74%) in the GDL at the University of Law. Some sections are coded according to this key: YELLOW - the order of the steps to take during exam questions, AND additional guida...

Strengths - ANSWER--Flexibility -Democratic Rule -Effective Government -History and tradition Flexibility (Chief strength) - ANSWER-Due to the UK's uncodified nature, statute law is supreme meaning the simple process of an Act of parliament can change the constitution. This means that the UK constitution is changeable and can easily remain up-to-date. Thus, it can effectively adapt to changing social and political circumstances and not be held back by a rigid codified constitution. (e.g...

What is a constitution? - ANSWER-Something outlines the rights, values and responsibilities of citizens and the state and the relationship between the two. In countries that have rapid change through war e.g. USA and France, their constitution is written as - ANSWER-a single document The UK does not have the constitution in one place. The constitution is .... - ANSWER-unwritten constitution What is the disadvantage of not having a written constitution? - ANSWER-It is not clear. Causes m...

King - ANSWER-- Most important rules and common understandings...regulate relations among country's governing institutions as well as between them and country citizens - Capital-C constitutions - codified constitution (one document) - Constitutions never written down in their entirety - Every country, apart from failed states, has a constitution - Even though British constitution unwritten, NOT distinguished from most other countries with codified constitutions, e.g. US constitution does NO...

The rule of law - Answer - all are equal under the law - all are entitled to a fair trial if accused of a crime - the government is subject to laws statutes that can amend the constitution - Answer - Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (Supreme Court) - Human Rights Act 1998 (all bodies must abide by the ECHR) - Scotland Act 1998 (devolved gov) Features of the UK constitution - Answer - uncodified and unentrenched - unitary, power lies in Westminister - based on Parl sovereignty - no sep...

state autonomy is - Answer- the ability of the state to wield power independent of public and international actors Which of the following combinations of capacity and internal autonomy best fits the United States - Answer- Low autonomy, high capacity Examples of states that are not or have not been considered failed states - Answer- UK, USA, Japan, India Which of the following states most closely fits the ideal model of a nation-state? - Answer- Japan Which of the following historica...

British constitution - ANSWER-- Uncodified, not unwritten (some things are written down, such as case law and some legislation) Not codified = not contained in one single document - Not entrenched, so it is easier to change than some other jurisdictions' constitutions such as the US and Canada. The two arguments against codification of the British constitution - ANSWER-1) What Jeff King calls the 'conservative' argument 2) The 'judicialization' of the political constitution Conserv...

Module 7 Quiz: Hate speech can be difficult to define. The United States, for example, qualifies hate speech as _______________.? - Answer-speech that incites or produces 'imminent lawless action,' such as direct threats of violence In the UK, all of the following legal provisions work to prohibit hate speech except for_______________.? - Answer-the Anti-Discrimination Act Who are the 'Alt-Right' in the US? - Answer-A strain of extreme political conservatism characterised by implicitly...

These notes cover the rule of law and the separation of powers as taught on the Public Law module of postgraduate law conversion courses (the GDL/PGDL). They can also cover topics on introductory public, administrative, and constitutional law papers taught on UK undergraduate Law degrees (LLBs). Using these notes, I gained a Distinction (74%) in the GDL at the University of Law. Some sections are coded according to this key: YELLOW - the order of the steps to take during exam questions,...