A set of rules determining where power lies in a system and relationship between government
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Unentrenched
Having no special procedure for amendments
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Uncodified
Not written so cannot be followed/flexible
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Unitary
Power is in one place
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Parliamentary Sovereignty
Parliament has ultimate power over laws, can't bind its successors and its legislation can't be struck down by a higher body
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Rule of Law
Everyone must follow or punished for not, but everyone entitles to fair trial and shouldn't be imprisoned without a legal process
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Statute Law
Laws passed by Parliament Act (1998) not all laws are constitutional, only those laws that affect the nature of political system/citizens rights. Important source as underpinned by parliamentary sovereignty
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Common Law
Laws made by judges where the original is unclear, legal principles laid down by judges in rulings
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Conventions
Traditions that affect the way a political system works, can be challenged/changed by an act of parliament
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Authoritative works
Guides on how a political system is run, written by experts, lacks legal standing
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Treaties
Formal agreements with EU members - but other countries don't affect the constitution
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Devolution
Dispersal of power, but not sovereignty within a political system
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Magna Carta
1215 - no one deprived of liberty/property without due process of law (most been repealed)
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