Comparing UK's Unwritten Constitution to Italy and US, Slides of Management Fundamentals

Download Comparing UK's Unwritten Constitution to Italy and US and more Slides Management Fundamentals in PDF only on Docsity! THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION Language and Sources Docsity.com WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION? ¢ A legal document? ¢ Aset of rules and rights? ¢ A fundamental law? WHO IS AFFECTED BY A CONSTITUTION? ¢ The people? ¢ The rulers and state organs? ® Docsity.com Parte prima  DIRITTI E DOVERI DEI CITTADINI     • TITOLO I  RAPPORTI CIVILI  • Art. 13.  • La libertà personale è inviolabile. • Non è ammessa forma alcuna di detenzione, di ispezione o perquisizione personale, né qualsiasi altra restrizione della libertà personale, se non per atto motivato dell'Autorità giudiziaria e nei soli casi e modi previsti dalla legge.   Docsity.com Compare the Constitution of the United  States of America  Preamble:  • We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I  Section 1  All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Docsity.com The US Constitution Written by the framers in 1787 Entered into force in 1789 after ratification Protects individual liberties in Article 1 Section 9 and in the “Bill of Rights” — (first 10 amendments, added 1791) Is entrenched: amendments only by special legislative procedure (Article V) Docsity.com Does the UK have a constitution? ¢ Of course — it’s not an anarchy! ¢ The British constitution is unwritten: i.e. there is no single constitutional text X “the Constitution” X ¢ Even if many written constitutions in the world today have been shaped by the Westminster model of government Docsity.com A constitution is …  • the system of rules defining the composition, powers  and relations of the state organs:  • the legislature, the executive, the judiciary  • the head of state:  (UK) the monarchy    • The system of rules regulating relations between the  state and individuals:  • civil liberties, individual rights and duties   • the scope and limits of state powers in relation to the  individual  Docsity.com