an authoritative statement of the rights of citizens, often entrenched as part of a codified constitution
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Entrenched
secured; difficult to change
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Fundamental law
law derived from decisions in court cases and general customs
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Judicial review
the power of senior judges to review the actions of government and public authorities
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Limited government
a system in which the powers of government are subject to legal constraints, and checks and balances within the political system
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Sovereignty
legal supremacy; absolute law-making authority that is not subject to a higher authority
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Unitary constitution
one in which sovereignty is located at the centre
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Federal constitution
one which divides sovereignty between (normally) two tiers of government. Power is shared between national government (the federal government) and regional government (the states)
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Legal sovereignty
the ultimate legal power to decide
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Political sovereignty
ultimate political power to decide
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Popular sovereignty
the ultimate power of the citizens of a state to decide
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Pooled sovereignty
sharing of sovereignty between states
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Globalisation
the widening and deepening interconnectedness between peoples and societies across the world in economic, political, social and cultural activities
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Civil liberties
fundamental individual rights and freedoms that ought to be protected from interference by the state
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Rule of law
a system of rule where the relationship between the state and the individual is governed by law, protecting the individual from arbitrary state action
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Constitutional monarchy
a political system in which the monarch is the formal head of state but the monarch’s legal powers are exercised by government ministers
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Parliamentary government
a political system in which government takes place through parliament, and in which the executive and legislative branches are fused
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
secured; difficult to change
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Entrenched
Card 3
Front
law derived from decisions in court cases and general customs
Back
Card 4
Front
the power of senior judges to review the actions of government and public authorities
Back
Card 5
Front
a system in which the powers of government are subject to legal constraints, and checks and balances within the political system
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