CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Discuss how these provisions have served to make the federal government more or less responsive to the needs of the people.

•Outline the major philosophical themes of the U.S. Constitution and the Articles of Confederation.

•Use specific references from the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution to support your position.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
COURSEWORK QUESTION
G1 Semester
LLB
‘[T]he statutory affirmation of the rule of law [in section 1 of the Constitutional Reform
Act 2005] as an existing constitutional principle … does have an important
consequence: that the judges … are not free to dismiss the rule of law as
meaningless verbiage, the jurisprudential equivalent of motherhood and apple pie,
even if they were inclined to do so.’
Professor Paul Craig, The Rule of Law (2005).
Evaluate the extent to which the UK Judiciary has demonstrated its willingness to
uphold the rule of law as against the Executive and the Legislature with reference to
the above quotation and relevant case law.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
COURSEWORK QUESTION
G1 Semester
LLB
‘[T]he statutory affirmation of the rule of law [in section 1 of the Constitutional Reform
Act 2005] as an existing constitutional principle … does have an important
consequence: that the judges … are not free to dismiss the rule of law as
meaningless verbiage, the jurisprudential equivalent of motherhood and apple pie,
even if they were inclined to do so.’
Professor Paul Craig, The Rule of Law (2005).
Evaluate the extent to which the UK Judiciary has demonstrated its willingness to
uphold the rule of law as against the Executive and the Legislature with reference to
the above quotation and relevant case law.