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    Needs of Society and the Constitution of the United Kingdom

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    In five pages this paper discusses the unwritten UK Constitution's relevance to contemporary society. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

    Name of Research Paper File: TS14_TEconstu.rtf

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    each new generation, continuing to provide for government in the interest of the people it is intended to serve". If we consider this in line with the UK constitution then  we can argue that there is a degree of development and evolution that has allowed a development, To understand why this is the case we can consider how the  UK constitution has formed and developed. Unlike The United States and other countries there is no written constitution. If we look to the United States we can see that the  constitution is not only a foundation stone to the way in which the society is governed and legislated, but also as a source of national pride. However, we can use  the basis of our argument, the disadvantage of the written constitution, which the US has also found very binding and constraining. The UK, unwritten constitution has had a history of  development and evolution due to the increased flexibility and lack of constraints. Great Britain can be seen as one of the oldest modern democracies, form the signing of  the Magna Carta in 1215 there was a growing increase in freedom and liberty. However, Great Britain is also very different form many other modern democracy, including many of its  former colonies. This may be seen as the first evolutionary step. Although there has been talk of creating a written constitution this has not yet occurred, yet there is  still national pride in the government system and the way that freedom is protected. It would be fair to argue that the difference between the US and the UK is  not in the interpretation of freedom and the rights of freedom, but in the way that the unwritten constitution has developed in Great Britain. In many other countries it has 

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