The functions of a constitution
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 29-05-16 15:35
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- Functions of a constitution
- They determine how power, within a state, should be distributed.
- This includes federal settlements.
- This is the division of power between the central govt and regional institutions.
- E.g. The USA have supreme laws and state laws.
- Washington DC and California legalises Cannabis, the death penalty and gun control.
- E.g. The USA have supreme laws and state laws.
- This is the division of power between the central govt and regional institutions.
- This includes federal settlements.
- Constitutions determine the balance of power between the president and PM, chambers of the bicameral system.
- In the UK, powers based on law making, lies in Westminster (legislature).
- Some of these powers have been given to the Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland and Welsh assemblies, known as DEVOLUTION.
- They establish the political processes that make the system work.
- Such as the relationships between institutions.
- HOC creates the laws.
- HOL scrutinises the laws but cannot pass them.
- Such as the relationships between institutions.
- They set out the rules that governs how they operate.
- The constitution defines the relationship between the monarch and the EU.
- The UK has to obide by the EU law, which is a supernatural institution.
- Constitutions limits the govt's power, or the competence of the govt.
- However, the govt's power in the UK, is not limited as the constitution is uncodified.
- Whereas in the US, its constitution sets out the rules that the govt has to abide by, so their power is limited.
- Constitutions gives the rights of citizens against the state.
- Most govt from 'stamping on citizens.'countries has a form of Bill of Rights, which is a statement preventing the
- Constitutions contain rules for its own amendment.
- UK is unusual in this way, as it changes through parliamentary statute and evolution, and referendums.
- They determine how power, within a state, should be distributed.
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