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COSTITUTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
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What is the costitution of the United
Kingdom? Acts of Parliament Treaties EU
law Common law Conventions Royal
prerogative Works of authority
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What is the costitution of the United
Kingdom?The constitution of the United Kingdom
is the set of laws and principles under which the
United Kingdom is governed.
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• There is a big difference between the British
  costitution and those of the others nations the
  UK has no single constituition (unwritten or de
  facto costituition).
• The British costitution has
• written form of statutes, court judgments and
  Treaties
• unwritten sources, including parliamentary
  constitutional conventions and the royal
  prerogatives.

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The British constitution has traditionally been
the doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty the
statutes passed by Parliament are the UK's
supreme and final source of law. When the UK
became membership of the European Union, it has
to apply all EU law in common with other members
(the European Communities Act 1972). Changing
attitudes may also be seen among the judiciary.
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ACTS OF PARLIAMENT Acts of Parliament are laws
or statutes that have received the approval of
Parliament (the Sovereign, the House of Lords
and the House of Commons). They are the most
important sources of the constitution.
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TREATIES Treaties dont automatically become
incorporated into UK law, though they are still
binding on the UK in international law.
Important treaties have been incorporated into
domestic law by means of Acts of Parliament.
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• EU LAW
• EU law appears as simply a subcategory of
  international law that depends for its effect on
  a series of international treaties
• EU law represents a new legal regime which is
  different from other forms of international law
  and which takes precedence over the internal
  legal and constitutional arrangements of member
  states.

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COMMON LAW The United Kingdom uses the common
law and civil law legal systems, court judgments
also commonly form a source of the constitution.
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CONVENTIONS Many British constitutional
conventions are ancient in origin. Such
conventions arent formally enforceable in a
court of law they are primarily observed
"because of the political difficulties which
arise if they are not."
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ROYAL PREROGATIVE The royal prerogative is the
collective name for a collection of powers
belonging to the Sovereign which have no
statutory basis. The Royal Prerogative is not
unlimited the Case of Proclamations (1611)
confirmed that no new prerogative can be created
and that Parliament can abolish individual
prerogatives.
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• The extent of the royal prerogative has never
  been delineated, but it includes the following
  powers
• The power to make war and peace
• The power to summon, prorogue and dissolve
  Parliament
• The power to regulate the Civil Service
• The power to ratify treaties
• The power to issue passports.

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WORKS OF AUTHORITY Works of authority are works
that are sometimes cited as interpretations of
aspects of the UK constitution, written by
nineteenth- or early-twentieth-century
constitutionalists.
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