POL SCI 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Magna Carta, Party System, Comparative Politics
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Many texts say britain does not have a constitution, but they just don"t have a single text of a constitution. When cases come before the u. s. supreme court that deal with ordinary laws, the. Supreme court can take the ordinary law and compare it to the wording of the. Constitution and say whether or not the law is constitutional aka judicial review. Life peerages act of 1958 is part of the british constitution because it reformed the. House of lords by no longer just being bishops and hereditary of aristocracy, but included individuals appointed by the queen that did not pass down this lordship to their posterity considered part of constitution for britain. The lord reform act of 1999 reduced hereditary to 92, insuring life peers (lords) would be majority considered part of britain"s constitution. The magna carta 1215 considered part of constitution for britain. Glorious revolution 1688-89 bill of rights considered part of constitution for britain.
