Sources of the UK constitution
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- Sources of the UK constitution
- Statute Law
- It is created by parliament
- The Parliament Act (1911)
- Established the HoC as the dominant chamber
- The Parliament Act (1911)
- Have to be approved by the HoC, HoL and the monarch
- Implemented by the executive and enforced by the courts
- Not all acts are of constitutional significance
- Legislation on funding for schools
- It is created by parliament
- Common Law
- Includes the legal principles that have been developed and applied by UK courts
- Courts interpret the law where there is no clear statute law
- The rights of homeowners to tackle intruders who enter their property
- Conventions
- Rules or norms that are considered binding
- Not codified or enforced by courts
- The monarch must assent to Acts of Parliament
- Authoritative Works
- Established legal and political texts
- They have no legal authority but do have a 'persuasive authority'
- Erskine May's Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament
- European Union Law
- The treaties establishing the EU, legislation emanting from the EU and judgments of the European Court of Justice
- Statute Law
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