... not that it's unwritten, but that it is part written, but un-codified. As it isn't written in a single document the British constitution derives from five major sources, these are, firstly, Statute Law, which is the main source of the part written element of the constitution, and comprises of Acts of Parliament and subordinate legislation, this ... four hundred years, the American constitution is a single written document and has remained relatively unchanged since its ratification in 1787. After the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776 came the "launc...

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... obviously precocious. He took advantage of this intelligence, with his ambition driving him from a very young age he was the owner of a print shop (a fast evolving trade at this point, in America) by twenty-four, soon using this to publish the Pennsylvania Gazette, which Franklin also edited. He used his own example ( A good example is the best sermon' ) to encourage others to ... a humble and dutiful address [to] be presented to his majesty, begging leave to lay before him, as chief magistrate of the British empire, the united complaints of his majesty's subjects in America' . These co...

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... understand how the structure of the proposed government makes liberty possible. Each branch should be, for the most part, in Madison's opinion, independent. To assure such independence, no one branch should have too much power in selecting members of the other two branches. In his Second Treatise of Civil Government, John Locke stated that "it is not without reason the [man] seeks out ... and is willing to join in society with others who are already united, or have a mind to unite for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties, and estates, which I call by the general name - prop...

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... majority would never be able to form and therefore, unpopular views would be heard and the minority 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 within these majorities and minorities, existed factions ... people united by a common interest that was counter to the public good. Acknowledging that people are factious by nature and will inevitably disagree when it comes to their interests in al...

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