“the government of the people, by the people, and for the people”

In this essay I am going to outline the content, nature and role of both the US and UK constitutions and how difficult each constitution is to change. I am also going to discuss the impact that each constitution has on the executive, legislature and the judiciary and the effect that the constitutions have on the health of democracy.

The US constitution was written in 1787 after the American colonists lived under British rule and the Articles of Confederation. The Founding Fathers created the constitution because under British rule central government was too powerful yet under the Articles, state legislature retained greatest power. The constitution outli

The UK constitution is said to be flexible as it is unwritten. Acts can be passed through Parliament with a majority vote, new conventions may be created by a change in habitual pattern in behaviour and judges have the ability to interpret the law (case/common law). As there is no written constitution, the flexibility of it may be seen as undemocratic because even though it is a broad set of principles outlining the structure of the system it is able to change to suit any political system e.g. an extremist political party may get into power and pass undemocratic laws an they would be able to this as there is no constitution outlining the rules.

ned many things including; the federal government system, separation of powers, the 2 houses of Congress (Senate and the House of Representatives) and the presidency. It also included a Bill of Rights which outlined the rights and liberties of the American citizens; however this was not included in the original constitution so the first 10 amendments to the constitution in 1791 were the Bill of Rights.

As there is no separation of powers it is harder to check and balance the UK branches of government than that of the US and this may lead to corruption of power which is undemocratic.

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