THE BRITISH UNCODIFIED CONSTITUTION. KEY FEATURES AND INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT.

This paper aims to analyze the key features of the British constitution in terms of form, sources (both legal and non-legal), legislative supremacy, and the separation of powers. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland can be considered a peculiar state in the context of international law due to its three distinct legal jurisdictions and systems of law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland* and Scotland. In essence, there is an overlap between these three systems and the constitution is in written form, but comprised in various sources that cannot be found in a single written document, yet the unitary UK constitution confers legal and political power to Westminster Parliament and a limited role of the judiciary, distinct to many of its judicial counterparts throughout the world. These constitutional principles have led to Brexit, a highly constitutional decision which created a crisis in one of the most stable democracies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]