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INTRODUCTION

The British constitution is not a written document. It is said to be unwritten. But there are documents that composed the constitution. It’s a century’s old accumulation statues judicial decisions, customs and conventions. The British constitution is not unwritten because it is not one single written document. But you can find the British constitution in an accumulation of British documents. However British constitution is not one single Constitution, it shows how the institutions work and the rights of duties of citizens in the country. The Magna Carta, the great chart, in 1215 protects the Community against the Monarch. The Bill of Rights of 1689 extends the power of Parliament. The Act of Settlements stipulated that only a protestant king could be British Monarch. It was ended at fighting again Catholic kings. Great Britain is composed of Wales, Brittany and Scotland and the United Kingdom is composed of all of these and Northern Ireland. The British King is the head of the church in England. The reform Act of 1832 reforms the system of representation in Parliament. The Parliament Acts limited the influenced of Lord’s house. The house of commons is elective and the house of lords is an unselective chamber.

King John Lackland signed the Magna Carta in 1215. He wanted to finance a war against France. But his council of advisors was particularly anxious about this war because it was too expensive. We were in a feudal system. The Lords at that time, because the King needed money, forced King John to sign an agreement. He agreed and it was the Magna Carta, but it didn’t count into effect immediately because the king decided to ask the pope to cancel it in 1216. The pope agreed, but in 1265, Henry III reestablished the agreement. There was a sort of civil war between the Lords and the monarch. The Magna Carta guaranteed the respect of feudal rights. It established a council in charge of controlling taxation policies. It also protected the