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The UK does have a constitution. I’m puzzled as to why you think it would be more effective were it codified in a single document.
by matthewmacleod 9y ago
The UK does have a constitution. I’m puzzled as to why you think it would be more effective were it codified in a single document.
- mjw1007 9y agoYou make it sound as if the UK has a constitution which is codified in some patchwork of documents, like statute law. But it isn't; it isn't even as coherently defined as something like the common law of murder, where you can make a pile of statutes and legal precedents and get a fairly clear idea of where the boundaries are. The constitution is very fuzzy indeed, and parts of it depend very much on how much political and media support someone can get when they point a finger and declare "unconstitutional!".
- int_19h 9y agoThe UK doesn't have a constitution in a sense that US does - i.e. supreme law that checks powers of all branches of government - because the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty allows the Parliament to override any constitutional limitations, simply by fiat. Worse yet, this only requires a simple majority.