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📌 The British constitutional order developed through continuity of the monarchy rather than a constitutional breakup or constituent moment like those in the United States and France.
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1. How did the British constitutional order develop, in contrast to the constitutional changes in the United States and France?
2. A minister follows a customary political rule that is not legally enforceable as legislation. What kind of rule is this?
3. What does constituent power mean in constitutional law?
What distinguishes the British constitutional order from the constitutional histories of the United States and France?
It developed through continuity of the monarchy rather than a constitutional breakup or constituent moment.
What does constituent power enable?
The creation of a constitution.
Which description of the British Constitution did John Griffith give in “The Political Constitution” (1979)?
“No more and no less than what happens.”
On what date did the United States declare independence?
4 July 1776.
What sources form an unwritten constitution, as in the United Kingdom and New Zealand?
Customs and case law.
What distinguishes a formal constitution’s adoption and revision procedures from ordinary law?
They use exceptional procedures.
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