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Constitution and Monarchy - Coggle Diagram
Constitution and Monarchy
Nature of the UK Constitution
Sources
Conventions
Historic documents
Common law
EU law (pre-2020)
Statute law
No single constitutional document
Unwritten constitution
Gradual evolution since 1688
Flexible but unclear
Separation of Powers & Parlamentary Sovereignty
Parliamentary sovereignty (central principle)
Overlap of powers (no strict separation)
Parliament = Commons + Lords + Monarch
Executive = PM + Cabinet (from Parliament)
Parliamentary system
Judiciary independent
Constitutional monarchy
Supreme Court (since 2009)
Limits on Parliamentary Sovereignty
Devolution
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Reserved vs devolved matters
EU membership (1973-2020)
EU law supremacy
Sewel Convention (consent)
Sovereignty debated in practice
Criticism & Constitutional Reform
Lack of transparency
Party dominance
Centralisation
Political disengagement
2009 expenses scandal
Too much executive power
Monarchy & Privy Council
Monarchy
Acts on ministerial advice
Head of state (symbolic)
Succession Act 2013
Opening Parliament
Hereditary & Protestant
Royal Assent
King/Queen-in-Parliament
Sovereign Grant
Constitutional monarchy
Crown Estate
Privy Council
Now largely ceremonial
Judicial Committee
Historical advisory body
Commonwealth role