The "UK constitution" is a wide set of documents, both laws (some really old) and legal precedent that determine how the country's supposed to operate. The mai

The "UK constitution" is a wide set of documents, both laws (some really old) and legal precedent that determine how the country's supposed to operate. The main concept is "parliamentary supremacy", which means that the parliament (house of commons/lords) can pass any law except one that would bind their action in future. Basically, they can pass whatever law they want, and pass a law repealing it later. The expectation is that they wouldn't do anything too heinous because reasons. The idea that the monarch can forcibly disband parliament doesn't really exist anymore. (although, some laws occasionally do get blocked by that apparatus) I learned way too much about this while their high court was deciding on the constitutionality of the process of leaving the EU. I wonder how much of it is baby-duck syndrome, but I love living in a republic.