What are the functions of a Constitution?
Britain does not have a constitution which is written, it is made up of constitutional conventions and case law or acts of parliament (i.e. that the queen will sign each act as it is presented, if she refused to do this there would be a constitutional crisis (she cannot refuse to do it in essence but she does have the right)) a constitution is basically a document which sets out how things work in government and also the contract betweeen citizen and state. It could be argued that we do now have a bill of rights in terms of the Human Rights Act. It was thought to be a mistake of history in the 17th Century at the time when revolutions were happening. It was thought to be too revolutionary. I think it is to our benefit that we do not have a constitution it means that laws can be changed more easily even though this does mean that certain things can pass under the radar! Written constitution is like in America where they have the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and they are actual pi
