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Rollyn Angelie B. Oso
PEARL SANTILLANA
CHRISTIAN PAUL AGUIRRE
BASIC INFORMATION
• Citizen: British or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits
• Nationality: British, English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, or Irish
• Capital: London
• Languages: Main: English
⚬ Minority: Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Ulster Scots,
Angloromani, Beurla Reagaird, Shelta
• Latest Aggregated Population: 67,736,802 people
• Land area: 243,610 square kilometres (94,060 sq mi.)
• Religion: Official: Christianity
⚬ Denominations: Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, Methodist.
⚬ Other Main Religions: Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism.
• Currency: The pound sterling, or GBP
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
• During the 19th century the UK was a major world power with
the largest navy and the largest Empire the world had ever
seen.
⚬ This period of British history brought great wealth and
influence to the country and the legacy it left behind is still
seen today.
SOURCES OF ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
• Conventions
SOURCES OF ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
• Charters
SOURCES OF ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
• Statues
SOURCES OF ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
• Judicial Decisions
• Eminent Works
SOURCES OF ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
• Common Law
SALIENT FEATURES
• Partly written, partly unwritten
• Evolutionary
• Theory VS. Practice
• In theory, the King is the source of all power.