POLI 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Monarchy Of The United Kingdom, Constitution Of The United Kingdom, Constitutionalism
26 Apr 2016
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A constitution is a set of concrete rules that create, structure, and define the limits of government power and authority. Constitutions establishe rules an responsibilities for elected officials to abide by and follow. Specific to executive, judicial and legislative branches of government. Define the levels and responsibilities of power of government. Constituations also make mention of the rights citizens have in their relationship to the government. States have to have boundaries in order to respect the boundaries of citizen and government. The three forms of government bound by constitution include. There are three types of constitutions: uncodified or unwritten, codified or written, hybrid a combination of the two. In unwritten or uncodified constitutions, rules and limitations are established through traditional practices. The magna carta was one of the first written forms of constitution in britain that pushed for the sovereign to rule within the law of the land.
