UK Govt- The Constitution: Principles underpinning the Constitution

What are the three principles underpinning the UK constitution?

Parliamentary sovereignty, rule of law, unitary state

What is parliamentary sovereignty and its features?

Parliamentary sovereignty is that parliament has the highest authority over other bodies and parliament's say is final, especially in the sense of legislation. The features are no parliament can bind its successor, parliament can end or create any law, courts can NOT overrule parliament's legislation

What is rule of law?

No one is above the law

Is the UK constitution uncodified?

It is partially uncodified (convention, common law) not fully (statute law, treaties, authoritative works)

What does it mean that the UK is a unitary state?

All power is centred within parliament, parliament has sovereign power

Evaluation of the view that the UK is a unitary state-

Devolved powers (Scotland having tax, health, policing powers)