How did Constitutional law emerge in the UK?
Constitutional law in the UK incorporates statutory law as the most important source of law. Over the history of the UK there have been 3 statutes which have influenced the British to develop a branch of Constitutional law. They are: 1. The Magna Carta of 1215. 2. The Bill of Rights of 1689. 3. The Human Rights Act of 1998. The Magna Carta was originally an English Charter from 1215. It is the most significant early influence on a long historical process leading to the rule of Constitutional law in England today. It required the King to renounce certain rights and respect certain legal procedures and to accept that the will of the king could be bound by law. The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament. It is one of the basic documents of English Constitutional law alongside the Magna Carta. It addresses the rights of Parliamentarians sitting in Parliament as against the Crown. The Bill of Rights was a major step in the evolution of governments in Britain towards Parliamenta
