Category: British Constitution

In recent years, the UK constitution has been a thriving topic of debate and the organs of government have frequently been accused by their critics of making unconstitutional decisions, yet the meaning of this is subjective. To define this term, several factors should be considered; firstly, the difference between unconstitutional and illegal, secondly, if existing…

Constitutional law is concerned with the overall constitutional structure which a country is governed. The narrow meaning of a constitution relates to documents with legal sanctity setting out the framework and principal functions of the Government. In consideration of this definition, the UK does not have a constitution. The broad meaning of a constitution is…

As Declared by Collymore v AG, the constitution declares supremacy of the law. However, when it comes to the Caribbean, we are in a peculiar situation; our laws are transcribed from Britain. Our constitutions are model after a variant of the Westminster system maintaining colonial presence in the Caribbean, despite us being independent states. The…

Religion and politics have continued to be an important theme in the political philosophy of England dating back in the sixteenth century, despite the emergence of consensus over the right to freedom and the need for separation of powers between the state and the church. The imminent relationship between religion and political wellbeing of the…

State power is organised, distributed, and governed by constitutions. They set out the state structure, the major institutions of the state, and the principles regulating their relations with each other and with the people of the state. In that it has an ‘unwritten constitution, Britain is unusual: unlike the vast majority of nations, there is…