1. Advantages of a Codified Constitution
The UK constitution which is uncodified does not protect our human rights because in the UK parliament is sovereign, not the constitution. This caused the UK to adopt the European convention of human rights in 1973 that was then put into UK law in 1998. The human rights act is still relatively weak as it can be overridden by parliament, as it is sovereign. ... Nevertheless there is little evidence to show that parliament will sacrifice the convention of human rights in order to pass a bill. ... This attempted bill failed and proves the point that without a codified constitution, it is still de...
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