benefits of an unwritten constitution - US + UK

Yaaabofn

any ideas?

Reply 1

Drew.

Prevents entrenchment.

Reply 2

Athelstan

prevents sleazey mexicans migrating to America?

Reply 3

AliciaJ703

finnyounger

prevents sleazey mexicans migrating to America?

Unneccessary comment and quite rude.

Reply 4

politico10

There is a good discussion of whether a written constitution is a good idea on the Reconstitution website
http://www.re-constitution.org.uk/discover-the-facts/do-we-need-a-written-constitution

Reply 5

TWF

Good revision for me.

Unwritten:
-More flexible, government can adopt to society much easier
-Government can make critical decisions quicker, unlike in the USA where it takes longer to pass legislation
-More executive power, in an unwritten constitution governments might be more decisive. In the US which is a written constitution governments might uphold legislation in fear that the constitution will block them

I have a lot more arguments against it...

Reply 6

Iamella

It isn't swiftly outdated
It keeps power away from a socially unrepresentative judicary

Reply 7

username381250

-Flexibility e.g the transfer of the royal prerogative powers of the queen to the PM i.e. declare war
-Able to respond to the threat of international terrorism with relative ease e.g. US system of a codified constitution would find that it has too many constitutional constraints
-Conservatives think of it as an organic/natural change
-No major political or revolutionary upheavals