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    The British constitution is derived from statute law such as Acts of Parliament, common law or judicial precedent, and conventions or customs. Key statutes that form pillars of the constitution include the Magna Carta (1215), Bill of Rights (1689), Act of Settlement (1701), and Reform Acts (1832-1884). Devolution created the National Assembly for Wales (1998), Scottish Parliament (1998), and Northern Ireland Assembly (1998). England has no devolved assembly. The monarch is the head of state, executive, legislature, judiciary, and armed forces but has little real power today beyond symbolic roles and "royal prerogative powers" like dissolving Parliament. There is ongoing debate around the costs and necessity

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    The British constitution is derived from statute law such as Acts of Parliament, common law or judicial precedent, and conventions or customs. Key statutes that form pillars of the constitution include the Magna Carta (1215), Bill of Rights (1689), Act of Settlement (1701), and Reform Acts (1832-1884). Devolution created the National Assembly for Wales (1998), Scottish Parliament (1998), and Northern Ireland Assembly (1998). England has no devolved assembly. The monarch is the head of state, executive, legislature, judiciary, and armed forces but has little real power today beyond symbolic roles and "royal prerogative powers" like dissolving Parliament. There is ongoing debate around the costs and necessity

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    II/ British Politics and

    Institutions
    A/ The British Constitution
    SOURCES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
    Basically, the British Constitution derives from
    several sources:
     
    a) Statute law = Acts of Parliament
     
    b) Common Law = Judicial Precedent
     
    c) Conventions
    a) STATUTE LAW

    "Pillars of the Constitution"


    MAGNA CARTA 1215
    THE BILL OF
    RIGHTS
    1689
     
    THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT 1701
    THE PARLIAMENT ACTS OF
    1911 & 1949
    Other Statutes ...
    THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT 1679

    The various REFORM ACTS 1832-1884

    EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972

    MAASTRICHT TREATY 1992


    b) COMMON LAW
    "judge-made-law", "case-law"
    c) CONVENTIONS

    "Constitutional Conventions" – a form of


    "customs" enshrined by time and usage.
    B/ Institutions
    I/ Wales
    May 1997 – New Labour Government

    Promise of creating a devolved assembly in Wales.

    Referendum
    Government of Wales Act 1998

    National Assembly for Wales (Welsh Senedd).

    Government of Wales Act 2006


    II/ Scotland
    Referendum

    Scotland Act 1998


    III/ Northern Ireland
    1998 Belfast Agreement
    Northern Ireland Assembly
    Northern Ireland Executive

    Stormont parliament
    IV England
    No separate elected body

    A devolved English Parliament?


    C/ The Monarchy
    The Monarch

    Supreme head of State


    Head of the Executive branch
    Fully part of the Legislative branch
    Head of the Judiciary
    Commander-in-Chief of all Armed Forces
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Little real power

    ► the monarch reigns but no longer rules over the


    country.

    ► “Royal prerogative powers”


    I) Role of the sovereign within the
    Constitution (prerogative powers)

     Opening Parliamentary sessions in November

     Giving royal assent to legislation

     Dissolving the House of Commons at the PM's request

     Advising the PM and Government

     Nominating the Prime Minister and the Ministers


     
     ‘Fountain of justice'

     Commander in Chief

     Head of the Anglican Church


    II) Royal expenditure and changing perceptions

    Photograph: POOL/REUTERS
     Taxpayers have increasingly raised questions as
    to the need for such an expensive institution

    Sovereign Grant Act 2011


    A shattered public image?
    Yet, public opinion is still mostly in
    favour of the British royals
    Symbolising the permanency of the UK’s Constitution

    a unifying influence

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