sovereignty is the most important part of the UK constitution. The British system of government is the oldest parliamentary democracy in Europe. British parliament was formed in the eleventh century and‚ after the signing of the Magna Charta by King John in the year 1215‚ it came to power and became the main part in the system of government. In this way‚ England set up the base of democracy in the whole Europe. Parliament The British Parliament – like most in the world – is bicameral‚ i.e. it composes
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British Parliament Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. This means that it has a monarch as its Head of the State. The monarch reigns with the support of Parliament. The powers of the monarch are not defined precisely. Everything today is done in the Queen’s name. It is her government‚ her armed forces‚ her law courts and so on. She appoints all the Ministers‚ including the Prime Minister. Everything is done however on the advice of the elected Government‚ and the monarch takes no part
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The British constitution is described as unwritten because it is not embodied wholly or mainly in any single enactment. However 3 constitutional pillars have been able to compensate the absence of formal constitutionalism in the UK – they are * The doctrine of Supremacy of Parliament * The doctrine of Separation of Powers and * The concept of Rule of Law’’. Discuss. Indeed ‘constitution’ can be defined as a document having a special legal sanctity which sets out the framework
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ENGLISH CIVILISATION Programme I/ Britons and Romans (C.100 BC – AD 409) II/ Saxons‚ Danes and Normans (409 – 1154) III/ Medieval Empire (1154 – 1450) I/ Britons and Romans (C. 100 BC – AD 409) ( Very unstable situation No unity‚ no charismatic leader for the whole country‚ no unification during the 1st century BC‚ before the come of the Romans. Instability politically speaking‚ wars and conflicts. The leaders were warriors‚ hence the fact that the tribes were settled on military
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HIS236 Lecture Notes The 17th Century The century of revolution And the Glorious Revolution (bloodless‚ political revolution‚ the crowning achievement of the British constitution) Constitutionalism – the law reigns‚ not the monarch. Law limits the government’s power. The will of the people. Laws are created in the parliamentary fashion Charles I was trialed before the parliament and was decapitated because he was overtaxing the public. Absolutism - reigned by the monarch (divine ruler
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References: 1. Wikipedia‚ Tiger Airways – http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Airways 2. Tiger Airways Annual report 2011 - www.tigerairways.com/news/Annual_Report_2011.pdf 3. AirAsia Analysis - http://kulothunkan.blogspot.com/2008/07/swot-analysis-for-airasia.html 4. Finnair Angry Birds - http://techielobang.com/
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Expansion of British colonization • Motive : economy. • Facilitated by internal problems of the states. 1841 – James Brooke took over Sarawak 1874 – British intervention in Perak 1874 – Selangor received British advisor 1875 – Sultan of Brunei gave up his territory in Sabah to the British 1888 – British intervention in Pahang 1909 – Bangkok Treaty : Siam gave up Kedah‚ Perlish‚ Kelantan‚ Terengganu to the British 1914 – Johor received British advisor Major factors of British colonisation
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British character "The British are definitely romantic‚ much more romantic then Italians ..." Generally British people are polite. During my first visit to London I remember seeing a man in the underground asking for information from a ticket seller. The latter didn’t replay and the man said "Thank you very much"‚ started working off‚ and then turned around and said "fuck you‚ stupid". So‚ for me‚ the British
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British Colonialism The British adopted contradictory policies in ruling their newly acquired Cape Colony in the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Having seized the Cape from the VOC in 1795‚ the British returned the colony to the Dutch government in 1803 when peace had been concluded with the French. In 1806‚ however‚ with the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars‚ the British again took the Cape in order to protect the sea route to their Asian empire. Like the VOC before them‚ the British
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India under the British Raj saw a lot of changes in its culture. For example‚ Satii‚ the practice of a woman to burn herself with her husband‚ after her husband’s death‚ was ultimately abolished‚ because it was “horrific”. Furthermore‚ practices such as infanticide was abolished‚ and Sanskrit texts were translated by English linguists. We can see that the British changed a lot of stuff in India‚ however‚ they did not change the core of indian culture‚ the caste system. Instead they supported it and
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