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Does Britain need a written constitution?  

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Does Britain need a written constitution? In this essay I am going to state an argument for and against if Britain does need a written constitution. In some ways I do feel that Britain does need a written constitution because a constitution is the fundamental rules {laws} governing the relationship between the public institutions of a state. Most constitutions are written and codified in a single document, but in Britain it is partly written but uncodified constitutional documents set the limits and powers of government and often state the rights and freedoms of citizens. However most commentators celebrated the 'unwritten' constitution as a unique feature of the strong but flexible and responsive, government, which had served Britain well over the centuries. 'Unwritten' is a little misleading. Many of the laws and rules that describe Britain's political system are in fact written down. They appear in Acts of Parliament {statute law}, treaties with...

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