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PL topic 1 Constitution of the UK: Introduction and history;…

- - - - eg Magna Carta 1215;
        Bill of Rights 1688;
        Act of Settlement 1701; Parliament Acts 1911 & 1949;
        European Communities Act 1972;
        Human Rights Act 1998; Constitutional Reform Act 2005
    - - eg Entick v Carrington [1765]; Stockdale v Hansard [1839]; 'GCHQ' [1985];
        Factortame [1990];
        A & Others v SoSHD [2004] (aka the Belmarsh case)
- - - - Government
        
        PM, Cabinet, Govt departments & agencies (DVLA, HM Prison Service, UKVI, Job Centre Plus, civil service
        
        Govt sits in Parliament
      - Puts policies (as voted for by the public) into effect; manages the implementation and execution of policies
    - - Parliament - bicameral (two chambers): HL, HC
        
        Makes law; holds government to account
        
        Executive drawn from legislature
    - - Interprets and enforces law - adjudicates between: individuals, individuals and the state