Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "قانون اساسی بریتانیا" in Persian language version.
There are a number of associated characteristics of Britain’s unwritten constitution, a cardinal one being that in law the Parliament in Westminster (as opposed to regional parliaments in Scotland etc) is sovereign in the sense of being the supreme legislative body.
Since there is no documentary constitution containing laws that are fundamental in status and superior to ordinary Acts of Parliament, the courts may only interpret parliamentary statutes. They may not overrule or declare them invalid for being contrary to the constitution and ‘unconstitutional’. So, too, there are no entrenched procedures (such as a special power of the House of Lords, or the requirement of a referendum) by which the unwritten constitution may be amended. The legislative process by which a constitutional law is repealed, amended or enacted, even one dealing with a matter of fundamental political importance, is similar in kind to any other Act of Parliament, however trivial its subject matter.
There are a number of associated characteristics of Britain’s unwritten constitution, a cardinal one being that in law the Parliament in Westminster (as opposed to regional parliaments in Scotland etc) is sovereign in the sense of being the supreme legislative body.
Since there is no documentary constitution containing laws that are fundamental in status and superior to ordinary Acts of Parliament, the courts may only interpret parliamentary statutes. They may not overrule or declare them invalid for being contrary to the constitution and ‘unconstitutional’. So, too, there are no entrenched procedures (such as a special power of the House of Lords, or the requirement of a referendum) by which the unwritten constitution may be amended. The legislative process by which a constitutional law is repealed, amended or enacted, even one dealing with a matter of fundamental political importance, is similar in kind to any other Act of Parliament, however trivial its subject matter.
