The Organs of Government

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Judicial Review
Power that judges have to review decions of government to check they have acted within their legal powers
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Parliamnetary Sovereignty
Make Parliament the supreme legal authority. BUT prevents them from creating Laws which will have a negative affect on future Parliaments
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Parliament
The Legislature of the UK- House of Commons & Lords. The Monarch opens Parliament
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The Judiciary
The judges, who apply the law to decide tha cases brought before them
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The Executive
The Government ministers from the political part who won the Election
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Separation of Powers
liberty of the individual can be protected only if the three main functions of the state are exercised by distinct and independent organs
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Organs of Government
The Legislature (Parliament), The Executive (The Government) & The Judiciary (The Judges)
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Parliamnetary Sovereignty

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Make Parliament the supreme legal authority. BUT prevents them from creating Laws which will have a negative affect on future Parliaments

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Parliament

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The Judiciary

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The Executive

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