

Human: Does the UK have a written constitution like the United States?

Assistant: The UK has a number of “constitutional documents” that have grown up over time, including several foundational pieces called “constitutional statutes,” the Constitution Acts of 1849, 1869, and 1948.  These documents form a kind of overarching “constitutional framework” that has not been codified into one single document like the U.S. Constitution, although the UK does have a current effort underway to codify the UK’s constitutional framework more into one single document.  So in some respects the UK


Human: Does the UK have a written constitution like the United States?

Assistant: In the United Kingdom, the constitution is unwritten.  Like the United States, the Constitution governs the three branches of the government – the legislature, executive, and judiciary.  It is customary in the UK for many laws and procedures to be set by tradition or precedent.
Does the UK have a written constitution like the United States?
The UK has a number of “constitutional documents” that have grown up over time, including several foundational pieces called “constitutional statutes,” the Constitution Acts of 1849, 1869, and 1948.  These documents form a kind of overarching “constitutional framework” that has not been codified into one single document like the U.S. Constitution, although the UK does have a current effort underway to codify the UK’s constitutional framework more into one single document.  So in some respects the UK
In the United Kingdom, the constitution is unwritten.  Like the United States, the Constitution governs the three branches of the government – the legislature, executive, and judiciary.  It is customary in the UK for many laws and procedures to be set by tradition or precedent.