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(London, Houses of Parliament. The Sun Shining through the Fog by Claude Monet, 1904). Parliament (from old French, parler, "to talk") is the UK's highest law-making body.. Although the British constitution is not codified, the Supreme Court recognises constitutional principles, [10] and constitutional statutes, [11] which shape the use of political power. There are at least four main ...
At the Palace of Westminster, Parliament crowns the UK's constitution. The House of Commons represents around 65 million people in 650 constituencies. The House of Lords is still unelected but can be overruled. [1] The United Kingdom constitutional law concerns the governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.
Constitution Committee; The Constitution Society; Constitutional reform in the United Kingdom; Constitutional status of Cornwall; Constitutional status of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles; Coronation oath of the British monarch; Counting agent; Court of Claims (United Kingdom) Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689
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The writing of the manual was originally initiated by Gordon Brown as part of his broader plan to establish a written constitution for the UK. [1] However, in 2011 the House of Lords Constitution Committee stated that the document was "not the first step to a written constitution" as it only describes the existing rules and does not "set ...