| Uncodified. How has this been Affected from Constitutional Reform | -UK Constitution still Uncodified, however:
-UK leaving EU gets rid of an Important Source of Law
-More Unwritten Sources of the Constitution are in Statute Law [Bills] - like the HRA wrote the ECHR into UK Law |
| Unentrenched. How has this been Affected from Constitutional Reform? | -Parts of British Constitution is being Semi-Entrenched
-Governments have Informally Entrench their Policies via Referendums.
-Scottish Parliament safe from Abolition as Scottish Voters voted Very Much for Devolution |
| Parliament is Sovereign. How has this been Affected from Constitutional Reform? | -Popular Sovereignty has Conflicted with Parliamentary Sovereignty due to Referendums
-The 2016 EU Referendum wasn’t Legally Binding onto Parliament [De Jure], but it basically was as going Against the People is Undemocratic [De Facto] |
| Unitary. How has this been Affected by Constitutional Reform? | -Devolution has made it possible to say UK is a ‘Quasi - Federal’ Constitution [Semi-Federal]
-Laws are in Different Shapes in Different Areas of UK
-UK Constitution not Unitary as it began, as Devolution has gone across at a Different Pace across UK, and different Devolved Assemblies have different Powers |
| Fusion of Power. How has this been Affected by Constitution Reform? | -Law Lords was the Highest Court in UK and had Court Cases in the House of Lords
-Now Britain has got itself a Separate Supreme Court, and greater separation Powers in the Judiciary |
| What is Statue Law, and name some Examples in the Constitution | -These are Laws passed by Parliament
-Human Rights Act of 1998
-Constitutional Reform Act of 2005 [Creating the UKSC] |
| What is Constitutional Conventions, and name some Examples | -Unwritten Laws which are sen to be Binding onto All Members of the Political Community
-Salisbury Convention [House of Lords to not block Legislation on the Manifesto]
-Collective Cabinet Responsibility |
| What are Foreign Treaties and Agreements, and name some Examples | -Agreements with External Bodies that Binds with Britain in some way
-European Convention on Human Rights with the Council of Europe [ECHR] |
| What are Authoritative Works, and name some Examples | -Writing of Constitutional Experts that show the Meaning of the Constitution.
-A.V. Dicey ‘ Law of the Constitution’
-Walter Bagehot’s ‘The English Constitution’ 1867 |
| What are Common Laws, and name some Examples | -Rules passed down through various Judgments in Court Cases. They have not be passed via Parliament
-Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and Discipline
-Various Rights like Freedom of Expression and Privacy |
