Essay plan - The UK should not have a codified constitution
by
hughdepasquale (student)
The UK should not have a Codified Constitution. The system works well using the current system which has been used for centuries, causing no problems.The difficulties of codifying the British constitution, some of the problems that may incur may involve who, how and what should be in the constitution. The UK’s organic constitution works far better in practice than the US codified one. Example: Acts of Parliament can make and change possibly unjust laws far faster than a codified constitution with checks and balances, particularly seen with the slavery laws in Britain and the US respectively. Uncodified constitutions are flexible as they are not entrenched like codified constitutions are. Due to the rigid and inflexible nature of codified constitutions, it is difficult for them to remain up to date and relevant. For example, the US constitution has had to be amended 27 times in order for it to remain relevant, and each amendment