Edexcel Government and Politics Unit 2 Exam 4th June 2015

Thats the thing
constitution questions are limited

codified or uncodified?

assess labours constitutional reforms?

strengths of the constitution?

What else can they possibly ask for a 40 marker?

Could be a 40 marker on something like 'Is parliament still sovereign?'

is that a constitution question or parliament question?

for that question how would you answer it? I have never come across that question before. scared now

is constitutional reforms since 1997 likely to come up?

Statute law is written law passed by legislative body/Parliament.
Common law is case law that has developed from decisions made by the judiciary/courts (after they interpret the meaning of statutes it is binding on all lower courts).

I think its in constitution because the specification has parliamentary sovereignty... but I could be wrong!

I think just define sovereignty - legal sov. & political sov.
Wow thanks

WAYS SOVEREIGNTY HAS CHANGED:
EU MEMBERSHIP: challenges legal sov. due to transfer of power in some areas e.g agriculture - policy decided by EU for example CAP, CFP. supranational nature of EU = EU law superior to national law. Decline of national veto due to 2007 Lisbon Treaty.
DEVOLUTION: de facto transfer of sovereignty - power taken from Parl. to local bodies - power fragmentation - cannot intervene in devolved issues e.g health.
REFERENDUMS (?): increased use - people make decisions = have more power. Especially in binding referendums - cannot repeal due to popular sovereignty for example Bristol referendum 2001 - not raise council tax.

WAYS PARLIAMENT IS STILL SOVEREIGN:
EU: can leave EU by repealing EU Community Act - power/sovereignty is 'pooled' not lost.
DEVOLUTION: can repeal - mostly spending powers not law making so does not really affect sovereignty.
REFERENDUMS: gov chooses when to hold and the topic - easy way to pass laws e.g 1975 EU referendum (gov sure on a yes vote) - voting on a fait accompli. Referendums are also not held as regularly as in other countries e.g Switzerland.

(Legal sovereignty will always remain with Parl)

came up last year as 25 marker so its unlikely!

2 thingssss
1- what is case law
2- is fixed term parliaments a proposed or actual reform of 2010?

Actual 2011

Came up last year as 25 marker so its unlikely!

So what can come up?

So what can come up?

For constitution if its 40 marker probably one of:

Advantages/disadvantages of UK constitution
Should UK have codified constitution?
How has location of sovereignty changed in UK?
How far is UK constitution out of date?

Unless they ask another about 1997 reforms / bring up 2010 proposed reforms etc.

It could be more specific about reforms e.g how have reforms since 1997 affected power of gov or affected democracy.. hard to tell.

Who's staying up tonight to revise for this exam?