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Q1. (a) What is a constitution? A constitution is a set of rules and principles on how a country is governed. Competition for political power in most countries is fierce, so rules are needed to control the competition for power to ensure it takes place within satisfactory limits. Professor KC Wheare defines the constitution of a state as: ...the whole system of a government of a country, the collection of rules, which establish and regulate or govern the government. (Barnett, P7) An older definition, that of Thomas Paine, reveals a more complex set of ideas: A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right...A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government; and a government is the only creature of a constitution. (Barnett, P7) To look at the Constitution of the United Kingdom requires an awareness of...

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