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In What Ways Do the U.K. and U.S. Constitutions Differ?
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IN WHAT WAYS DO THE U.K. AND U.S. CONSTITUTIONS DIFFER? Carl Friedrich (1937) defined a constitution as 'a system of effective, regularized restraints upon government'. The constitution expresses the most important fundamental rules of the political system. Three sets of rules are crucial. First, the constitution allocates governmental activities, defining what structures will perform the various political functions (for example, defining the powers of a president). Second, it establishes the formal power relationships among the political structures, indicating the conditions under which each is independent or dependent upon the actions of the others (for example, outlining how a US president may veto an Act of Congress and how that veto can be overridden). Third, the constitution limits the power of the rulers and guarantees the rights of the ruled, by defining the maximum extent of the state's authority over its citizens and by enumerating citizens' freedoms and benefits from the state....
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