BRITISH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

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BRITISH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

THE MONARCH - LEGISLATIVE POWER - EXECUTIVE POWER - JUDICIAL POWER -

THE MONARCH QUEEN ELIZABETH II Queen Elizabeth II HEAD OF THE STATE AND SYMBOL OF THE NATIONAL UNITY NOMINAL SOURCE OF LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL POWER RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE PRIME MINISTRE AND DISSOLVE THE PARLIAMENT POWER TO MAKE TREATIES, DECLARE WAR, AWARD HONOUR, APPOINT OFFICIERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS OFFICIAL RESIDENCE: BUCKINGHAM PALACE Buckingham Palace

LEGISLATIVE POWER Westminster Palace

HOUSE OF COMMONS(LOWER HOUSE) PRESIDED BY THE PRIME MINISTRE AND THE CABINET DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY CRITICISE OR SUPPORT THE ACTION OF GOVERNEMENT DECIDE ON NEW LAWS

HOUSE OF LORDS(UPPER HOUSE) PRESIDED BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR(JACK STRAW) COMPOSED BY HEREDITARY MEMBERS AND LIFE MEMBERS RECONSIDER BILLS PASSED BY THE COMMONS MAKE AMENDMENTS TO BILLS RIGHT TO VOTE ON BILLS SCRUTINISE LEGISLATION FROM THE COMMONS COMPOSED BY LORDS SPIRITUAL AND LORDS TEMPORAL LORDS SPIRITUAL COMPOSED BY ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY, YORK, LONDON, DURHAM AND WINCHESTER + 21 BISHOPS FROM OTHER DIOCESES OF ENGLAND LORDS TEMPORAL MEMBERS OF THE PEERAGE COMPOSED ALSO BY THE LAW LORDS AND LIFE PEERS

EXECUTIVE POWER GOVERNMENT : PRIME MINISTER (GORDON BROWN) EXERCISED BY THE MONARCH AND THE UK GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT : ANSWERABLE TO PARLIAMENT COMPOSED BY MINISTERS LED BY THE GOVERNMENT MINISTER SUPPORTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE PRIME MINISTER (GORDON BROWN) APPOINTED BY THE MONARCH LIKE HEAD OF HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT THE LEADER OF THE PARTY WITH THE MAJORITY OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CHAIR CABINET MEETINGS, SELECT CABINET MINISTERS, FORMULATE GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS

JUDICIAL POWER Jack Straw HEADED BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR LEGAL SYSTEM FOUNDED ON WRITTEN LAWS AND COMMON LAWS TWO TYPES OF COURTS: MAGISTRATES COURT AND CROWN COURT HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE COMPOSED BY: QUEEN’S BENCH, CHANCERY DIVISION AND FAMILY DIVISION High Court of Justice

School Year 2009/2010 Cristina Di Carlo Martina Di Franco Martina Rosato ITCG Calamandrei