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Principles of the constitution - Coggle Diagram
Principles of the constitution
What is a 'principle'?
Something that stays true under every circumstance. It applies all the time
1) Parliamentary Sovereignty
Parliament can make or unmake laws as they wish. However these 4 things must remain as they keep parliament sovereign:
2) There must be no other legislatory bodies
We only have one parliament, but the US has 2 chambers, the senate and the house of representatives
3) They musn't make any laws that can't be unmade
This makes it so that parliament isn't bound by previous parliaments.
1) There must be no codified constitution
If we had a codified constitution, it would mean that the constitution would be sovereign, meaning that it would be more powerful than parliament
4) Statute law must be supreme
This makes it so that no other law can challenge actsof parliament, making parliament and it's decisions sovereign
3) Parliamentary Government
There is a fusion of power between the government and the parliament. The government governs in and through the parliament.
2) The Rule of Law
The government shouldn't be above the law and the laws should apply to everyone equally
4) Constitutional Monarchy
The monarchy has lost their power over time and are no longer politically powerful, but more symbolic
5) EU membership
Any legislation that parliament passed could've been trumped by the EU parliament. EU law is higher than statute law.