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    The salient features of the UK constitution are: (1) It is an unwritten and evolved constitution that has developed over a thousand years through tradition and precedent rather than being codified in a single document. (2) It follows a parliamentary democracy model where the monarch is the nominal executive, but in practice executive powers are exercised by the Prime Minister and elected parliament. (3) As an unwritten constitution, it is highly flexible and can be amended by simple acts of parliament rather than requiring special procedures for constitutional amendments. This has allowed it to adapt to changing needs over time.

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    The salient features of the UK constitution are: (1) It is an unwritten and evolved constitution that has developed over a thousand years through tradition and precedent rather than being codified in a single document. (2) It follows a parliamentary democracy model where the monarch is the nominal executive, but in practice executive powers are exercised by the Prime Minister and elected parliament. (3) As an unwritten constitution, it is highly flexible and can be amended by simple acts of parliament rather than requiring special procedures for constitutional amendments. This has allowed it to adapt to changing needs over time.

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    The salient features of the UK constitution are: (1) It is an unwritten and evolved constitution that has developed over a thousand years through tradition and precedent rather than being codified in a single document. (2) It follows a parliamentary democracy model where the monarch is the nominal executive, but in practice executive powers are exercised by the Prime Minister and elected parliament. (3) As an unwritten constitution, it is highly flexible and can be amended by simple acts of parliament rather than requiring special procedures for constitutional amendments. This has allowed it to adapt to changing needs over time.

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    The salient features of the UK constitution are: (1) It is an unwritten and evolved constitution that has developed over a thousand years through tradition and precedent rather than being codified in a single document. (2) It follows a parliamentary democracy model where the monarch is the nominal executive, but in practice executive powers are exercised by the Prime Minister and elected parliament. (3) As an unwritten constitution, it is highly flexible and can be amended by simple acts of parliament rather than requiring special procedures for constitutional amendments. This has allowed it to adapt to changing needs over time.

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    Q.1 Discuss salient features of the constitution of UK.

    Ans. Salient features of the constitution of UK are


    (i) Evolved constitution: The British constitution is an evolved constitution. It is continuously
    developing from 5th century till today. because it is the product of gradual growth and
    development. It has an unbroken continuity of development over a period of more than thousand
    years. Its sources are several and the course of its development has been sometimes guided by
    accidents and sometimes by high designs.
    (ii) Unwritten constitution: British constitution is not written like a book or a document.

    (iii) Parliamentary Democracy: Britain is considered as the mother of Parliamentary


    Democracy. The British Monarch is nominal executive and the PM and its Council of Minister is
    the real executive.

    (iv) Flexible Constitution: The constitution of Britain is flexible. The conventions or traditions
    of this constitution are amended by the British Parliament with simple majority. It can be
    passed, amended and repealed by simple majority of Parliament since no distinction is made
    between a constitutional law and an ordinary law. Both are treated alike. The element of
    flexibility has length the virtue of adaptability and adjustability to the British constitution. This
    quality has enabled it to grow with the needs of time.

    (v) Difference between Theory and Practice: In British administration , there is a difference
    between theory and practice. In theory there is monarchy where the powers are exercised by
    crown but in practice the powers are exercised by Prime Minister and its Council of Ministers.

    (vi) Parliament is Supreme: British Parliament enjoys enormous rights. Any law sanctioned by
    Parliament can’t be challenged in law courts.

    (vii) Unitary Administration: The British administration is unitary in nature. All powers of the
    government are vested in the British Parliament, which is a sovereign body. The executive
    organs of state are subordinate to it and exercise delegated powers and are answerable to it.
    There is only one legislature. England, Scotland, Wales etc. are administrative units and not
    political autonomous units.

    (viii) Citizens Rights: In Britain the citizens enjoy the right to liberty, equality, justice, security
    from exploitation and judicial remedies.

    (ix) Rule of Law: In Britain, rule of law is prevalent where all are equal before law. This
    doctrine emphasizes the supremacy of the law and not of any individual.
    No one can be detained or imprisoned without a fair and proper trial by a competent court of law.
    Nor can a person he punished or deprived of his life, liberty or property except for a specific
    breach of law proved in an ordinary court of law by an ordinary procedure. A corollary to this
    principle is the doctrine that, "the King/Queen can do no wrong".
    (x) Combination of different administrative systems: In British administration there is a
    mixed system of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy. The institution of Kingship shows that
    there is monarchy in England. The existence of House of Lords gives an idea that .England has
    an aristocratic type of government. The House of Common reflects actual working of a Full-
    fledged democracy in this country. But all these diverse political elements have been beautifully
    welded together to produce the final effect of perfect representative democracy.

    (xi) Two-Party System: In Britain there are two major political parties, i.e., conservative party
    and labour party.

    Role of Conventions
    A necessary corollary to the unwritten character of the constitution is that the conventions play a
    vital role in the British political system. For example, while the Queen has the prerogative to
    refuse assent to a measure, passed by Parliament, but by convention, she cannot do so and the
    same has become a rigid principle of the constitution itself. By Convention, again, the Queen
    cannot go against the advice of the cabinet. Likewise, there are dozens of conventions, which do
    not have any force of law yet they are scrupulously adhered to and constitute the very blood and
    flesh of the constitution.

    Independence of Judiciary
    The Rule of Law is safeguarded by the provision that judges can only be removed from office for
    serious misbehavior and according to a procedure requiring the consent of both the houses of the
    Parliament. So, the judges are able to give their judgments without any fear or favor.

    Besides these, there are some other features of the British constitution, which are as follows:

     Constitutional Monarchy
     Bi-Party System
     Referendum etc.

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