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Sources of the UK Constitution.
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Sources of the UK Constitution 1. Statute Law Acts passed by Westminster parliament are the highest legal source of the constitution, and a majority of one vote in the HOC is sufficient to introduce major changes in the constitution, for example The European Communities Act 1972 It's not possible to entrench constitutional laws in the UK on account of the doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty. Therefore parliament cannot be limited in its actions by any past statute or agreement Examples of statutes which define the system of government include; a series of local government acts establishing and controlling the powers of local authorities, The Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland Acts of 1998-9 which granted devolved powers, and The Human Rights Act of 1999. 2. Conventions There are 'unwritten' elements of the British constitution, and conventions are the 'understandings, habits, or practices which aren't laws but constitutional ethics'. Many extremely important aspects of the constitution are covered only by...
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