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Key principles that underpin the UK constitution (Rule of Law (Equal under…
Key principles that underpin the UK constitution
Parliamentary sovereignty
Legal supremacy
Legislate on any subjects of its choosing
Legislation cannot be overturned by higher authority
European Communities Act 1972
No parliament can bind its successors
Rule of Law
Relationship between the state and its citizens
No one can be punished without trial
No one is above the law
Result from judge - made common law
Equal under law
Fair trial
Courts can hold ministers accountable
Interperted and applied by independent judiciary
Citizens can go take government to court
Liberal democracy
Unitary state
Subnational institutions do not have autonomous power
Regional government may be weak
Wales
Retained language
Scotland
Legal system
Represented in Commons
Northern Ireland
Separate institutions
Local government has little power
Parliamentary government under constitutional monarchy
Monarchy is head of state
Legally accountable to the crown
Extension of franchise
Enhanced Commons position
Cabinet government
Prime - ministerial government