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Unitary Government at Uk
Unitary Government at Uk
Governments.
A Unitary Government may be defined as one in which the
powers are concentrated in the hands of a Central Government.
There may be local governments, but they are not free from the
control of the central government. They are the creation or
derive their powers from the central government.
Finally there are some Joint Committees of the Commons and the
Lords.
The difficulty raises in having an unwritten constitution is that, there is
no single document which sets out how the state works and where the
powers lies. Instead, we must consider a variety of sources which
provide the rules governing how the state should operate.
The Constitution.
Ordinary Special
Sources. Sources.
Constitutional Constitutional
Statutes. Conventions.
Constitutional Royal
Cases. Prerogative.
Ordinary Sources:
Ordinary sources are those rules which also have application in other
areas of law. It can be classified under two heads-
Constitutional Statutes: Although the constitution of the UK is
“UNWRITTEN”, the existence of Constitutional Statutes means that there
are a large number of sources of constitutional law(Acts of Parliament)
which are, indeed, written. Such Acts may set out specific powers of the
state or, alternatively, provide protections for the citizen. Some
Constitutional Statutes are- Act of Union with Scotland 1707; Bill of
Rights 1689
Constitutional Cases/Common Law: The role of the common law within
the Constitution means that, there are constitutional issues where the
courts seek to restrict the powers of the state. Some cases are-
Entick Vs. Carrington (1765) 19 State 1029
Duport Steel Ltd. And others Vs. Sirs and others (1980) 1 All ER 529.
Congreve Vs. Home Office (1976) QB 629.
Special Sources:
Specific sources of law refers those sources of law which are particular
to Constitutional and Administrative Law. The key to understanding
how they operate is to recognize that, their origins lie, not in
Parliament, but in the History Of England. These sources are-