The carapace of the British constitution is certainly hilariously arcane and out of date. The head of state claims her position for life, citing God and her birthright as the reason (Dieu et mon ...

Ceremonies like the coronation are not technically required for the heir to the throne to become the new British monarch, UCL's Constitution Unit says. King Edward VIII, for example, ruled without ...

The British constitution never looked less like itself than in the final months of the UK’s EU membership. In office was a government that constitutionally speaking should not have existed: one that ...

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Finally, Gienapp often fails to situate the Constitution in the transformative historical moment of its creation, particularly the Founders' disillusionment with the unwritten British constitution.

In Britain, the House of Commons is omnicompetent. By a simple majority vote, it makes changes in the unwritten British constitution, and expands or contracts the liberties of the British people.

Our nation was spawned from the British, so we share a culture and ... to see how speech protections would fare in a refashioned constitution. Traditionally, the Left has taken a “living and ...