British constitutional system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_constitutional_system

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	constitutional system
gptkbp:amendmentProcess	by ordinary legislation
gptkbp:basisFor	unwritten constitution
gptkbp:bishops	members of House of Lords
gptkbp:cabinetType	senior government ministers
gptkbp:checks_and_balances	conventions and statutes
gptkbp:citizenship_rights	protected by law and convention
gptkbp:constitutional_conventions	unwritten rules
gptkbp:constitutional_monarchy	true
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:democracy_type	parliamentary democracy
gptkbp:devolved_legislatures	gptkb:Northern_Ireland_Assembly gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Welsh_Parliament
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Her_Majesty's_Government
gptkbp:first-past-the-post	electoral system for House of Commons
gptkbp:government_formation	by majority in House of Commons
gptkbp:headOfState	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:hereditary_peers	members of House of Lords
gptkbp:historical_document	gptkb:Magna_Carta gptkb:Act_of_Settlement_1701 gptkb:Bill_of_Rights_1689 gptkb:Acts_of_Union_1707_and_1800 gptkb:Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949 gptkb:Human_Rights_Act_1998
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British constitutional system
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:international_relations English common law European Union law
gptkbp:judicialBranch	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:lawReview	limited
gptkbp:legal_continuity	no constitutional breaks since 1688
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:life_peers	members of House of Lords
gptkbp:lowerAward	gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkbp:ministerial_responsibility	collective and individual
gptkbp:monarch	ceremonial
gptkbp:no_single_written_constitution	true
gptkbp:parliament_structure	bicameral
gptkbp:Prime_Minister_appointed_by	gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:principle	rule of law separation of powers parliamentary sovereignty
gptkbp:responsible_government	ministers accountable to Parliament
gptkbp:source	common law conventions statute law works of authority
gptkbp:upperHouse	gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Constitutional_Convention gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5