What is the argument for and against a written constitution for the UK? "Killing all blue eyed babies" the Gentlemen of England would never do. But they could do...

This essay hasn't yet been marked by one of our teachers

You can view 2 essays on Public Law that have been Marked by Teachers

The first 200 words of this essay...

What is the argument for and against a written constitution for the UK?

"Killing all blue eyed babies" the Gentlemen of England would never do. But they could do...

Almost every essay on the issue of Britain's constitution cannot avoid dealing with a definition of the word constitution. Sometimes the very definition of the word constitution takes up the most of intellectual space as it depends on that what the further argument may be. In fact linguistically "constitution" simply renders the image of having a physical shape or in which state of health/mind etc. one might be. A democracy may have a "constitution" as well as a dictatorship. Yes in fact even an anarchy one could say has a constitution. What does a written constitution contain? Anthony King states that a constitution is the whole set of the "most important" rules of a polity. In the following it will become clear that Britain is unclear what it regards as most important and that its face has changed constantly, which makes pouring Britain into writing almost impossible.

There is a historical explanation why the British constitution is not codified in one document. Since the system had evolved over