- Three principles: parliamentary sovereignty, rule of law, unitary state
- Five sources: authoritative works, common law (precedent/royal prerogative), statue law, conventions
- Uncodified
- Parliament cannot be bound by law or another Parliament, can make/remove rights, ?
- legislative, judiciary, executive
- “unitary system”
unitary - one, singular
a unitary system is a single system where one tier of government holds all responsibility
- “fusion of powers” - combination of royal authority? WHERE ONE PERSON CAN BE A MEMBER OF MORE THAN ONE BRANCH
- why does fusion of powers exist?
- which piece of legislation separated a branch of government? Constitution Reform Act
parliamentary sovereignty - cannot be bound by law/another parliament entrenched - protected, needs a larger majority to revoke/modify fundamental law - ?
The UK constitution is flexible primarily due to parliamentary sovereignty - in which a government cannot be bound by another government or law. Legislation cannot be entrenched, nor be fundamental law.