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British Government and the Constitution "Government without a Constitution is power without a right." Thomas Paine, Rights of Man A slight problem with attempting to discuss the British constitution is that Britain doesn't have a constitution, not in any traditional sense. In fact, what Britain does have are aged customs, traditions, man-made religious beliefs and a kind of indoctrinated attempt at moral law. Britain is not, in a strict sense, a democracy. Britain is, in fact, a Monarchy with a democratically elected representative parliament. How then can we define a domestic constitution? In 1215, an early attempt at keeping the populous in order found its way into national history in the form of the Magna Carta, which was soon discarded by the powers that were as unworkable, leaning heavily as it did on Godly conviction. Over a period of time, an early parliament constantly struggled with the crown on issues of supremacy until...

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