The UK Constitution is no Longer Fit For Purpose. Discuss. [40] The UK constitution has always stood out from the crowd of many democracies around the world due to its uncodified nature. Some see the UK constitution being uncodified as a weakness‚ where human rights are not adequately protected and where power lies in the hands of one institution‚ rather than an irrefutable document. Others see this uncodified constitution as a positive‚ providing an evolutionary and flexible constitution that can
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Types of Constitution * Written and Unwritten Most constitutions are enacted or codified‚ either in a single document or series of documents. Many countries have followed the models of the US or French constitutions. The UK constitution is considered to be unwritten‚ despite key documents such as the Human Rights Act 1998 which could be viewed as constitutional documents there is no systematic code. The only other states not to have entirely written constitutions are New Zealand and Israel
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grievances to the attention of the ECHR – a very costly and time consuming process. The HRA prevented this unnecessary stress‚ and making the ECHR applicable in the UK made a great deal of difference to how successful human rights cases were in the UK. Devolution is another very notable constitutional reform that has taken place since 1997. The Scottish and the Welsh are now governed by devolved bodies that are closer to the
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THE MEANING OF “DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT” Devolution of government means the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state at a sub-national level such as a regional local or state level (Wikipedia‚ 2012). Devolution is normally used interchangeably with the term decentralization. Decentralization‚ according to the Constitution of Kenya‚ entail sharing of political‚ administrative and fiscal responsibilities between the national and the county governments. Administrative
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legitimate as all policy making institutions must have legitimacy. Therefore‚ there is much that can be done towards constitutional reform. Another one of Labour’s reforms to the UK was the devolution act. In Labour’s manifesto they said that they would address the issues of devolution and making the country more democratic. When Labour got into office they did
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over 200‚000 votes in local council elections‚ and took 40 per cent of the national vote in 1968’s council elections. The SNP won seven and then eleven seats in the general elections of 1974.The Scotland Act 1978 made provision for a referendum on devolution. Although the 1979 referendum found a majority of those voting in favour‚ it did not achieve the 40 per cent of the overall electorate threshold required for the result to stand. The failure of the referendum saw the start of a period of decline
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reduced the power of government in the UK is the act of devolution or decentralisation. An example of this is the establishment of a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly in 1999. The creation of these bodies meant that regions in the UK that are not very close to London‚ and in turn Parliament‚ could have easier access to politics as the people in that area could have their opinions heard better. Many would say that as a result of Devolution the UK was becoming more democratic and so this change
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To what extent would the wider use of referendums improve democracy in the UK? The wider use of referendums in the UK could potentially help improve democracy. A wider use of referendums would improve democracy in the UK because of the bigger chance that the people are given to cast their vote on issues that will affect them directly‚ and the country. There has been use of referendums in the past‚ such as Northern Ireland and the Good Friday vote‚ and the 2011 AV referendum‚ although they have been
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| |Following the election of the New Labour government into power in the UK in 1997‚ referendum on the devolution of power in both| |Scotland and Wales were held‚ resulting in victories for the ‘Yes’ camps. This resulted in the formation of the Scottish | |Parliament and the Welsh Assembly for the first time in centuries. There are those who argue that devolution will eventually | |strengthen the UK as a whole‚ whilst there are others who are convinced that it will trigger
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as it can easily adapt to changing circumstances because Parliament can pass new acts relatively quickly and easily without delay when the attitudes of society change. The increase in the use of referendums over constitutional changes such as the devolution of power to Wales and Scotland in 1997 and the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 illustrate the adaptability of the constitution because power was devolved a year after the referendum. However some argue that Britain’s uncodified constitution lacks
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