Features of the UK constitution (Coaxall & Robins, Lord Norton)
- Created by: Béatrice
- Created on: 18-04-13 21:21
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- Key Features
- Coxall and Robins
- Responsible Government
- which is both strong and accountable with both collective and individual ministerial responsibilit
- Constitutional Government
- based on accepted rules and conventions of behaviour
- Representative Government
- based on election
- Parliamentary System
- with a Prime Minister
- Party Based Government
- which reflects an open competitive political system
- Responsible Government
- Lord Norton
- Parliamentary Sovereignty
- Parliament is supreme with ultimate power
- The Rule of Law
- the rule of law is essential to a free and fair society
- A Unitary State
- power is held by a single body, 'the Queen in Parliament' but realistically just Parliament
- Parliamentary Government Under a Constitutional Monarchy
- The role of the House of Commons as the embodiment of the nation and its will
- Parliamentary Sovereignty
- Coxall and Robins
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