Essays on UK Politics

I started the research process for the presentation by identifying the relevant keywords stated in the question, which would later help me to identify appropriate resources. The two keywords identified were “parliamentary sovereignty” and “UK constitution”. After identifying those keywords I set out to find and read through the relevant chapters in two constitutional law...

The reliance of the UK constitution on conventions is both a defining feature, and a fundamental weakness. While they are supposedly binding, conventions cannot effectively proscribe “unconstitutional” behaviour and their content and enforcement is often at the mercy of executive whim.’ The UK constitution is special in the way that conventions help tie together the...

The UK constitution is special in the way that conventions help tie together the many documents that comprise it. However, because conventions are not legally binding, they occasionally create difficult situations to deal with. Constitutional conventions are not legally binding, and therefore there is not really any reason to follow them besides tradition. To some...

Introduction The essay seeks to explain on the doctrine of separation of powers under the Zambian constitution from the three limbs. It also espouses the functions of each of the three organs of the government in Zambia. Separation of Powers The principle of separation of powers finds its roots from the ancient world, where the...

In this Essay I will be discussing whether or not the UK Constitution is fit for purpose, in relation to the three themes specifically stated: “Unwritten Codification, Monarchical and Religion. After exploring the given themes, I will be giving my opinion on whether an Amendment of the UKs Constitution is required, to be fit for...

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union that currently have 28 countries as members. Despite being official in 1993, the union actually began in the 1950s where the European Coal and Steel Community tried to ensure economic and political unity between European countries. The purpose of this union is to promote peace,...

It has been three years since the Brexit referendum, yet the United Kingdom has not successfully left or stayed in the European Union. At a time when the deadline for “No-Deal Brexit” was getting closer, government still failed to negotiate between interest groups in the domestic with the European Union. According to a Nobel prize...

Introduction Judicial discretion and the nature of law is an important topic to discuss and analyse because there is no concrete solution to ‘hard cases’ till this day. As Trevor Ryan stated in the introduction of his essay that judicial discretion and rule of law can be solved by an innovative approach to the separation...

On June 23rd, 2016, organized a referendum about the topic of whether should remain in the EU. On that day, the whole world was shocked to hear that decided to leave the EU with the vote result 52% against 48% (Somai & Biedermann, 2016). Ever since the news was released, world has not stop discussing...

With the changing time and years, we have seen that every aspect of human life has evolved. The same applies to the various institutions of a state, may that be the Legislature, the Executive, or the Judiciary. “The State, which forms an integral part of the present society guided by values of liberalism, democratization, etc....