Introduction:
The English Constitution has made a great circuit of the globe & has become a common possession of civilized man. (G. B Adams)
A Constitution means certain principles on which the Government of the State is organized & which determines the relations between the people & the Government the Constitution of British is unique in nature & has provided inspiration for a number of other constitutions in the world.
Following are the salient features of the British Constitution.
1) Unwritten:
2) The British Constitution is unwritten in nature but it does not imply that all of its parts are unwritten. It means that it has not been reduced to writing in a single document. Some of the components are found in written from. Such as the Reform Act, 1832, the Parliament Act of 1911 etc.
3) Evolution Growth:
4) British Constitution is a result of an evolutionary growth. Constitution efforts as well as needs of time shaped its spontaneous growth.
5) Flexible Constitution:
6) British Constitution is a flexible Constitution & parliament can amend it like alterations in the statutory laws by a simple majority.
7) Unitary:
8) British have unitary constitution. All powers of the state are concentrated in the hands of a single government for the whole country. There are no units or states in British.
9) Bicameralism:
10) The Parliament consists of two chambers House of Lords & House of Commons. The House of commons is a popular chamber whose member directly elected by the people while the House of Lords is basically a hereditary chamber & its member are nominated by the Queen.
11) Supremacy of the Parliament:
12) In U.K, Parliament has complete Supremacy or sovereignty. No law enacted by the parliament can be challenged in the court on the plea that is against the constitution.
13) According To De Loeme:
14) “British Parliament can do everything except to make a man into a