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The UK Constitution - Coggle Diagram
The UK Constitution
Sources - constitutional documents often signify an important stage in the UK's democratic history, e.g the Magna Carta 1215 / Bill of Rights 1689
Works of Authority - books written to help uncodified constitutional understanding and have become so vital they are considered part of the Constitution, e.g Parliamentary Practice 1844
Common Law and Case Law - judges make decisions based on long established practices or opinion of a fair and just outcome, works on precedence
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Conventions - traditions and customs evolved over time but are not laws, e.g a PM should resign after losing an election
EU Treaties / Law - an additional source,e.g the Maastricht Treaty 1992
Before Brexit EU laws had precedence, now it's statue law, equalled by common law and others are usually adhered to
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Types of Constitutions
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Codified Constitution - key constitutional structure and arrangement are collected together within a single document
Rigid - requires a lengthy and difficult to amend, e.g in the U.S.A a 2/3 Congress majority and 3/4 of state legislature is required
Entrenched - making constitutional amendments is much harder, leads to a two tier legal system where it's above parliamentary law
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Federal - authority is divided between regions, central government may have more important responsibilities but regional governments still have sovereign, and clashes are determined by the constitutional court
Revolutionary - has been created following a dramatic overthrow of power, usually careful and considerate of future democracies