The British Constitution

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Statements (47)
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gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:composedOf common law
conventions
statute law
works of authority
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gptkbp:documentType gptkb:Magna_Carta
gptkb:Act_of_Settlement_1701
gptkb:Bill_of_Rights_1689
gptkb:European_Communities_Act_1972
gptkb:Northern_Ireland_Act_1998
gptkb:Government_of_Wales_Act_1998
gptkb:Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949
gptkb:Scotland_Act_1998
gptkb:Human_Rights_Act_1998
gptkbp:excludes single written document
gptkbp:flexibility true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British Constitution
gptkbp:influencedBy conventions
royal prerogative
precedents
gptkbp:interpretedBy courts
gptkbp:isSupremeLaw false
gptkbp:notableRelease simple majority in Parliament
gptkbp:notWrittenInSingleDocument true
gptkbp:principle gptkb:monarchy
rule of law
separation of powers
unitary state
parliamentary sovereignty
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Blackstone's_Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England
gptkb:The_Cabinet_Manual
gptkb:Erskine_May's_Parliamentary_Practice
gptkb:Walter_Bagehot's_The_English_Constitution
gptkb:A.V._Dicey's_Introduction_to_the_Study_of_the_Law_of_the_Constitution
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gptkbp:subject gptkb:Brexit_(after_2020)
gptkb:European_Union_law_(before_Brexit)
devolution
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