Essays on UK Politics

Introduction Power can be a very resourceful yet dangerous tool, a person who has power can lose their self-values and without realising so especially when all the power is vested in one person .it can change a person regardless of the kind of character he or she has, it also does not depend on the...

Introduction and Background First of all will this paper cite all background information on the general Brexit and it’s connection to Northern Ireland, whilst further elaborating how the situation could proceed and how it should or should not proceed to guarantee the best outcome to Northern Ireland’s economy and society, but most importantly a secure...

The extent to which democratic values have been upheld within the Western—more specifically Australian—judiciary has been a topic of consequential discourse. In answering the question of democratic legitimacy within the Australian judiciary, this paper will argue that the judiciary is ultimately a fundamental vehicle in upholding democratic values, where its absence denotes a critical opportunity...

Whilst structuring the Constitution in 1789, the Founding Fathers were fervent in emphasising the subordination of the executive branch of the new republic to the representation of the people – Congress. This was illustrated through the Separation of Powers – a school of thought introduced by French philosopher Montesquieu to preclude a tyrannical government. The...

A comparison and contrast of two major democratic Asian countries The Republic of India is a constitutional republic. The Commonwealth of Australia is a federation, a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. The head of state is the current monarch[footnoteRef:2] and their power is controlled by the constitution. Australia’s democracy is effective in terms of...

To understand who has power and how that power is utilized in Australia first one must look to the Australian constitution which contains the doctrine of separation of powers which dates to ancient Greece and Rome. The separation of powers is divided into three distinct branches each of which holds separate and independent powers which...

Articles of Confederation has many weaknesses such as the lack of power between congress and federal government, congress has the power to pass a law but cannot enforce the law. These are some of the weaknesses of Article of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was written by john Dickson, but it was a draft of...

Reversing the clock back, the main focus of Brexit negotiations had been on the key issues of the Brexit vision and the other equally important issues had been overlooked. One such area is security, particularly cyber security which is a global phenomenon. In this paper, the researcher discusses the concerns raised about Post-Brexit national security,...

This statement raises the issue of the potential conflict between Parliamentary Sovereignty in United Kingdom (UK) and one of the principles adopted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to interpret the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the ‘living instrument’ approach. Parliamentary Sovereignty is one of the fundamental principles of Constitution. Being the...

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and Overseas Territories. Parliament is regarded as the key constitutional principle in the UK. Since the 19th Century, it has been recognized that Parliament can legally pass any law as the courts...