codified & uncodified
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Codified & Uncodified
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Codified and Uncodified
• Codified Constitution (e.g. USA)- advantages- disadvantages
• Uncodified Constitution (e.g. UK)- advantages- disadvantages
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Codified and Uncodified
Define:a) A codified constitutionb) An uncodified constitution
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Definitions
Codified• Codified constitutions are largely written, centred
around a single document incorporating key constitutional provisions that are binding on all political institutions.
• They are usually 'entrenched', enjoying the protection of a higher or supreme court, and can only be repealed or amended by special provisions, beyond the ordinary legislative process.
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Definitions
Uncodified• An informal of rules not recorded in a single
document but found in a number of sources - written and unwritten (conventions) i.e. the UK constitution.
• It has the status of ordinary law.• It is not entrenched and can be changed easily.
The courts will find it difficult to determine if something is unconstitutional.
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Opposites
If codified is the opposite of uncodified…
Advantage of codified constitution =
Disadvantage of uncodified constitution
Disadvantage of codified constitution =
Advantage of uncodified constitution
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Codified v Uncodified
The US ConstitutionAdvantages
Disadvantages
The UK ConstitutionAdvantages
Disadvantages
Chapter 10Codified and Uncodified Constitutions
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Codified v Uncodified
The US ConstitutionAdvantages• Defines people’s liberties • Safeguard against tyrannical
government • Public can access and
understand easier. Disadvantages• Hard to agree on • Inflexible (hard to change) • Too much power to judges (new
interpretations)
The UK ConstitutionAdvantages• Flexible – easily changed (no
amendment process)• Modern – constantly evolving• Democracies can function without
codified e.g. UK, NZ, IsraelDisadvantages• Dangerous govt can exploit it • Hard for public to understand • Allows civil liberties to be
overridden
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What should a constitution be?
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Design-a-Constitution
In small groups you are going to come up with a list of things (e.g. rules, institutions, powers, rights) that you would include if you were going to write a constitution for the new free state of Lordswoodonia.
The only thing you have to guide you is that Lordswoodonia MUST be a “democracy”.