Constitution of the United Kingdom

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constitution uncodified constitution

The Constitution of the United Kingdom is the uncodified framework of fundamental principles, laws, and conventions that organize and regulate the powers of the state and the rights of citizens in the UK.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
British constitution 2
United Kingdom constitutional law 2
British constitutional law 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
uncodified constitution ⓘ
amendmentMethod ordinary Acts of Parliament ⓘ
amendmentProcedure no special entrenched procedure ⓘ
basedOn common law ⓘ
constitutional conventions ⓘ
statute law ⓘ
works of authority ⓘ
characteristic evolved gradually over centuries ⓘ
flexible compared to codified constitutions ⓘ
relies heavily on political conventions ⓘ
codification uncodified ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enforcedBy courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
entrenchment largely unentrenched ⓘ
governs civil liberties and human rights framework ⓘ
powers of the UK Government ⓘ
powers of the UK Parliament ⓘ
powers of the courts ⓘ
powers of the monarch ⓘ
relationship between central and devolved governments ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
includes Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
Acts of Parliament ⓘ
Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
surface form: Acts of Union

English Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689

European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ
surface form: European Communities Act 1972 (historically)

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ⓘ
Government of Wales Act 2006 ⓘ
Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ
Magna Carta ⓘ
Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
case law ⓘ
constitutional conventions ⓘ
devolution settlements ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ
treaties ⓘ
influencedBy English common law tradition ⓘ
parliamentary system of government ⓘ
influencedOther constitutional systems of many Commonwealth countries ⓘ
interpretedBy courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: judiciary of the United Kingdom
judicialBody Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalStatus supreme source of constitutional law in the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislatureStructure bicameral ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
principle constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
representative democracy ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers (partial) ⓘ
unitary state with devolution ⓘ
rightsFramework partly incorporated through the Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ
subjectOfDebate whether the UK should adopt a written constitution ⓘ
upperHouse House of Lords ⓘ
writtenInSingleDocument no ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → belongsToCategory → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Crown-in-Parliament → category → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom constitutional law
HMG → constitutionalFramework → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom constitution
this entity surface form: British constitution
Orders of Council → governedBy → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom constitutional law
The Crown in right of Saint Kitts and Nevis → influencedBy → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: British constitutional law
Constitution of India → inspiredBy → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis → inspiredBy → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the United Kingdom (unwritten conventions)
Crown Nominations Commission → operatesWithin → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom constitutional framework
Great Officer of State → partOf → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: British constitution
Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → partOf → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → partOf → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom constitution (in the broad, uncodified sense)
House of Lords Act 1999 → relatedTo → Constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ