Adjective noun verb

__________________ ___________________ Evolve

__________________ ___________________ Compare

Different ___________________ ________________

__________________ Constitution ________________

__________________ Notion ________________

__________________ ___________________ Describe

__________________ ___________________ Succeed

___________________ Power _________________

___________________ Expenditure _________________

___________________ __________________ Alter

___________________ __________________ Discover

Significant __________________ _________________

___________________ Distinction _________________

TASK V Express the same in other words:

1. Parliament can readily undo the consequences of a judgment by passing a new law.

2. Elliot adopts a similar perspective.

3. Other significant features of the UK Constitution depend on the perspective of the observer.

4. Dicey was ambivalent about democracy which was a relative latecomer on the constitutional stage.

TASK VI Analyse the following pairs of words, whether their meanings are: a) similar; b) opposite; c) complementing one another:

1) Free and fair; 5) Evolutionary and constitutional;

2) Inside and outside; 6) Individuals and groups;

3) Fairness and justice; 7) Groups and institutions;

4) Sink or swim; 8) Incompetence and maladministration;

TASK VII Consult a law dictionary or GLOSSARY to provide definitions for the following notions: democracy, aristocracy, monarchy, parliamentary majority, mature electorate, opposition

TASK VIII Discuss the different views on the constitution expressed in the text, use the following phrases:

attempts to describe;

to provide a description;

to succeed in defining;

to seem/to appear to regard;

to adopt a similar perspective/view;

others argue/consider;

it is argued that;

from the point of view of the lawyer;

TASK IX a) Read the passage about the constitutional reforms in the UK:

Constitution is in the state of flux

The UK is going through a period of quite extraordinary constitutional change. In the space of ten years the Westminster Model, formerly held up as the ideal type of unfettered majoritarian government, has seen the introduction of a whole series of new checks and balances to reduce the power and discretion of the executive. Devolution, the Human Rights Act (HRA), Lords reform, proportional voting systems, freedom of information (FOI), a new Supreme Court and an array of new constitutional watchdogs have transformed the Westminster constitution. European Union law, meanwhile, is reshaping the political and institutional context of the UK. Some of the changes to the constitution have been described as the biggest since the Great Reform Act of 1832 and the subsequent grant of universal adult suffrage.

b) Find more information about the mentioned acts on the site http://www.legislation.gov.uk

c) Answer the following questions:

• Will devolution lead to Scottish independence and the break up of the UK?

• Will a British bill of rights lead to yet more power for the judges?

• Will the introduction of proportional voting systems in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the European Parliament lead eventually to electoral reform at Westminster?

• Will this mean more power for Parliament, or less?