Introduction to UK Law

Introduction to law

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
The separation powers............................................................................................................3
Parliamentary supremacy.......................................................................................................4
Rule of law.............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The constitution of any country distributes and regulates the state power. It actually
presents the structure of the states and the principles governing their relationship with one
another along with the state’s citizens. Britain is unusual as it has unwritten constitution
unlike other majority of the countries, there is no single document which has been set in place
and states the fundamental laws with respect to how the states works. The British constitution
has evolved over a very long time frame and has always reflected stability of the British
polity which made it never need to consolidate its constitution. But instead Britain has a
compilation of the various statutes, conventions, judicial treaties which are all together
referred to as British constitution and is preferred to call it as an unwritten constitution. In
this report,the different aspects of British constitution are covered like the separation of
powers, parliamentary supremacy and the rule of law with relevant examples.
MAIN BODY
The separation powers
UK is one of the states which does not have a written constitution and due to its
absence, there are claims that there is no separation of power in UK but it is not the case as it
do exist but in a weaker form as they overlap and work together.
The Executive Power:
This branch consists of the Crown and the government which includes the prime
minister along with the Cabinet of Ministers (Iyer, 2018). The executive majorly creates and
executes the government policies and the government is accountable to the parliament which
has the power to dismiss a government or force a election who either sits in the house of
Lords or Common.
The Legislative Power:
This power is held by the parliament. The parliament composed of the Monarch,
house of Lords and Commons. The Monarch has the nominal powers and listens to the advice
of the PM who in turn follows MPs. The House of Commons was made up of members of
parliament while the House of Lords was made up of unelected hereditary and life peers who
are appointed by the Crown and the Bishops of the church, therefore, house of commons is
considered superior in law making power.