Introduction
British constitution system
is the oldest democratic system in the modern world. The British were the first
to discover how to manage a large state on democratic principles. Greate
Britian is mother of democracy.
There are so many qualitis
of british constitution it is called Salient Feature of UK Constitution. There
qualities are as follow
i) Unwritten
Most important feature of British constitution in unwritten. It is said
that UK constitution is unwritten because it is not available in single book.
Their problems are discuss in other book. Such as parliament Act of 1911,and
ACt of satlement.
The orgion of constitution
is unwritten and these problem are discuss in other books, it consist other
tradition.
ii) Flexiable Constitution
The British constitution is flexible in its nature because, with the simple
majority this constitution can amend, replace and rejected. So,its amendment is
very easy as we compare with other non-flexible constitution.
iii) Evolutionary Growth
The British constitution has evolutionary growth because it developed time
to time and through passage of time this constitution grow.
iv) Unitary
This is a also slient feature of UK constitution that single Government run
the function of UK.There is no part in this regard single Government mentain
all system and this government is responsible for enforcement of law.
v) Bicarmeralism
The parliament consist of two chambers House of Lords and House of Common.
House of common is most popular because it representative are elected from
citizen while house of Lord is inheritan. They are not elected, Queen selected
them.
vi) Rule of Law
Uk constitution providers rule of law. All the persons are equal in the
eyes of law. If any person violates the law, he should face trial of the case
in the Government an no person is given imprisonment until his offence is
proved in the court.
vii) Supermacy of constitution
Their is supermacy of constitution in UK. Every person problem is settled
according to constitution.
viii) Independence of Judiciary
In UK, their is independent judiciary. Judges
are bound to obey and respect constitution. Their are independently makes the
decision under the court.
The receive handsome salary. Nobody, above at the caused seperation of
power.
ix) Collective Responsibility
Ministers must stand together and they cannot oppose the Government policy.
Every minister is also individually responsible to the house of commons and the
crown.
x) Fundamental Rights
Fundamental rights of the citizen has not been incorporated in the from of
a list in the English constitution.
Consitution law is not creator but a product of fundamental rights, which
have been recognized from time to time by the courts.
xi) Conservativeness
The British constitution is a symbol of
conservativeness. The trend of the people of UK is absolutely in favour of old
institution and this concept is existence of conservatism.
xii) Limited Separation of Power
In British, there is limited sparation of power.
There is concentration of polictical power in the parliament. Nevertheless many
safegards have been provided especially under Act of setlament of 1701 to
secure the independence of judiciary from under influence on the part of other
two braches of the Government.
xiii) Two Party System
Two party system is very important in any democratic system. It is against
the dictator ship. The party selected by majority gets elected. Two parties in
British polictical system are
a) Conservation Party
b) Labour Party
xvi) Contrast Between Theory and Practice
There is considerable gap between theory and
practice in Britain e.g according to convention of the majority party in the
newly elected parliament to form the cabinet, while all the ministers are
appointed by the Prime Minister.
Conclusion
To conclude, i can say, that UK constitution in neither absolutely unwritten
nor absolutely written. It is a combination of both and has made a circuite for
the goble and has become the common possession of civilized man.
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