... Britain's unitary constitution centralises power both in the Westminster Parliament in London, with local authorities being clearly subordinate to the national government, and in the Executive, which dominates the Legislative, allowing the Party that controls parliament to make or unmake any law. Secondly, America's constitution is codified in a single written document and inflexible as it is difficult to amend, requiring super ... In addition to these differences there are a number of other important differences between the two constitutions. The American constitution is "the supreme la...

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... of the Constitution, responded to their concerns in the Federalist Papers, reassuring the Anti-Federalists that the form of government laid down by the Constitution was not only the best, but the only way to preserve the rights of ... would be protected. Additionally, a menagerie of wide-ranging opinions in a large republic would result in the government making much more moderate decisions for the public good as opposed to extreme and biased decisions. Madison described how ... suppressed because there was no state militia therefore it was obvious that power needed to be in the national...

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