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Zorluk: OrtaThe British Constitution

In the United Kingdom, the constitution is 'uncodified,' meaning it is not written down in one single book. Which source of the constitution is made up of legal principles that have been developed by judges over time?

  1. Common LawCevap
  2. B
    Statute Law
  3. C
    Constitutional Conventions
  4. D
    A single governing document

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Common Law
The correct answer is Common Law because it refers to the legal principles and precedents that have been established by judges in court cases over many centuries. This is a primary source of the UK's uncodified constitution.

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1
Analyze the meaning of an 'uncodified' constitution.
Identify that the UK constitution is drawn from multiple sources such as Statute Law, Common Law, and conventions.
The question specifies the constitution is not in a single document, which points to these various sources.
2
Compare the definitions of the main constitutional sources.
Statute Law comes from Parliament; Common Law comes from judicial decisions; Conventions are non-legal traditions.
This distinction is necessary to find the source specifically developed by judges.
3
Select the source matching the description of 'legal principles developed by judges over time'.
Common Law is the correct identification.
It is the only source among the options that is based on judicial precedent and historical court cases.

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Sources of the British Constitution
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