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The Magna Carta set out the principle that no one should be deprived of _______ or ________ without due process of law
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Liberty or property
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In what year was the bill of rights introduced?
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1689
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What was one of the provisions included in the bill of rights for?
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Regular parliaments
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The second?
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Free elections
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And the third?
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Freedom of speech in parliament
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The act of settlement established the right of parliament to determine the line of succession to the throne. Which king was it trying to exclude?
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James II
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England and Scotland were united under which acts?
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Acts of Union
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In what year?
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1707
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In which two years were the two Parliament Acts passed?
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1911 and 1949
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What provoked the first act to be passed?
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The people's budget
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What could the Lords not delay after the first act?
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Money bills
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What was the Lords power of veto replaced with?
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Two year delay
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What was this changed to in 1949?
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1 year delay
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What act established the principle that EU law would take precedence?
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The European Communities act
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In what year?
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1972
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What three words beginning with U describe the UK constitution?
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Uncodified Unentrenched Unitary
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What are the two twin pillers?
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Parliamentary sovereignty and rule of law
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Who first theorised the twin pillers?
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A.V. Dicey
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No parliament can ____ ___ _________
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Bind its successor
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Parliament can make law on ___ _______
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Any subject
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Legislation passed by parliament cannot be struck down by a ______ ____
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Higher body
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The rule of law states that what should be free from political interference?
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The judiciary
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What is the name for the body of law passed by parliament?
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Statute law
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What is the name for the body of legal principles laid down by judges in rulings?
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Common law
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Conventions are customs and practices that do not have _____ _____
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Legal force
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Erskine May's "Parliamentary Practice" is an example of a what?
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Authoritative work
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What is considered the most important treaty the UK has signed that transformen the EEC into the EU?
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Maastricht
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The concept of "innocent until proven guilty" comes from what source of the UK constitution?
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Common law
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What are generally considered to be the two most important sources of the UK constitution (pre-brexit)?
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Statute law and EU law
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