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Name one of the sources of the British constitution
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Law, Conventions...
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Who creates Statute law?
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Parliament
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Name of the Acts that gave the Commons supremacy over the Lords
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Parliament Acts
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The years that the above passed through Parliament
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1911, 1949
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Name a key author of a 'work of authority'
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Erskine May, A.V. Dicey, Walter Bagehot
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Which treaty was incorporated into the UK constitution in 1972
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Treaty of Rome (1958)
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What was the name of the Act that brought this into UK Law?
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European Communities Act 1972
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What was the name of the treaty that created the European Union (and had a painfully drawn-out Parliamentary passage)?
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Maastricht Treaty (1991)
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Name BOTH of Dicey's 'twin pillars' of the constitution
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Parliamentary sovereignty, Rule of Law
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What is the opposite of a 'federal state?'
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Unitary State
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Which professor claimed that the UK is neither of these; instead that we are a 'Union state' or 'nation of nations?'
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Professor Vernon Bogdanor
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What is the name of the founding document of the constitution and the first step towards the UK's constitutional monarchy?
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Magna Carta (1215)
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Which 'revolution' compounded the power of the constitution over the monarchy?
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Glorious Revolution (1688)
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Which constitutional document was produced directly after (and as a result of) the above?
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Bill of Rights (1689)
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Which type of government is the UK (supposed to be) under?
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Parliamentary government
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Which religious group was prohibited from becoming British monarchs by the Acts of Settlement (1701)?
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Catholics
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Which Act adopted the European Convention on Human Rights into UK Law?
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Human Rights Act 1998
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Which Act created the Supreme Court, seperating the legislative and judicial branches?
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Constitutional Reform Act 2005
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Which coalition Act offered citizens greater protection from state invasion of privacy?
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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
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What is the common name of Theresa May's proposed legislation to induct over 20,000 pieces of EU Law into UK Law but remove UK from EU legal jurisdiction?
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Great Repeal Bill
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What was the name of this when it was eventually passed by Parliament?
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European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
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Which Act signified the UK officially leaving the EU?
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European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020
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