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What is sovereignty?
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Politics: Constitutions A. What is sovereignty? (5) B. Where is sovereignty located in the UK? (15) C. Why has the UK's uncodified constitution been criticised? (30) A. Sovereignty is the power usually ascribed to a country, to make decisions of government without the influence of external forces. It is the overall power that a group of people have or give over other or other groups, for example the queen has sovereignty due to the fact that she is the monarch. B. The extent of the UK's sovereignty is of much debate. It is said that the monarch has political sovereignty; however this is not so in the UK anymore, the parliament and the party leader is almost completely in charge of the decisions that go on. The monarch may be called to sign a document however, but even if she does not do this the law would still be passed. Many say that she is purely there for the...
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