Public Law - Characteristics of the UK constitution revision notes (semester 1)
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Public Law (LAW106)
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The University Of Liverpool (UoL)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE formal monarchy
UK CONSTITUTION parliamentary democracy
uncodified
not entrenched – rules of constitution are not
legally protected from change
unitary state (?)
FORMAL MONARCHY The king if the formal head of state who has royal
prerogative powers
Prime minister as the active head of government has an
active role to make decisions and gives advice to the
monarch about their powers
DEBATE/CHALLENGE: PROROGATION SCANDAL
PARLIAMENTARY The PM is not directly elected
DEMOCRACY the monarch appoints leader of the largest party
with the majority in elected house of commons
power exercised by democratic office holders
parliament is central institution of system
monarch has power to ‘choose’ PM but there are
rules to who they must choose
four central constitutional institutions are: government,
parliament, courts, and the crown
DEBATE/CHALLENGE: PROROGATION SCANDAL
UNCODIFIED Codified – whether rules are brought together in a single
document, not if it is written
There is no single constitutional text/instrument but
there is a lot ‘written’
the UK’s constitution is written but not brought
all together in one single document
C REFORM POST BREXIT
NOT ENTRENCHED The UK constitution is readily changeable by an act of
parliament (like other areas of law) as there is no special
legal amendment process which is connected to the fact
that the constitution is uncodified
This is the opposite in countries with a codified
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