The Queen Elizabeth

history 2. The founding texts 3. Comparison with the US and France 4. Some notions: common law and equity Documents : The Magna Carta The Grand Remonstrance Habeas Corpus The Bill of Rights LECTURE 2: A non written constitution 1. Introduction 2. Devolution to Scotland and Wales 3. The current debate on a written constitution for Britain Documents: “Brown Hands Key Powers to Parliament”, The Guardian “At Long Last, Here is a Chance to Start Rewiring Britain’s Creaky Democracy”, The Guardian

Union with Wales (1536): “although the English conquest of Wales took place under the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan, a formal Union did not occur until 1536, shortly after which Welsh law, which continued to be used in Wales after the conquest, was fully replaced by English law under the Laws in Wales Acts 15351542. + NEW FLAG - Oliver Cromwell (1649): seized the power in England and Wales, and established the Commonwealth, after a long period of tension between the king and Parliament. He used his army

Anglais The British Constitution & the British Monarchy. CD2. Glossary: To convey: traduite (au sens de communiquer: transmettre) To set up : établir, ériger To embody : incarner (embodiment) To draft: rédiger Landmark: point de repère To lay down: établir qq chose par écrit Tax : impôt (taxation) Summon : convoquer Trial : procès (to trial: juger une affaire dans un tribunal) Bill : projet de loi As a result of : en conséquence de Comprehensive: exhaustive To be entitled

Historical and Political Survey (= etude) 1. The Tudor Dynasty. The acts of supremacy and uniformity in 1559. Elisabeth 1st was the queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603). She bellows to the Tudor because she was the daughter of Henri 8th. Henri 8th had 6 wives. The most important picture of Henri reign was the foundation of Anglican Church. The church refuses him to divorce, so he must

The British Parliament History of the parliament: In 1066, William of Normandy brought a feudal system. In the 13thrd decade, the parliament had been separated into two Houses: one including the nobility and higher clergy and the other including the knights, and no law could be made without the consent of both Houses. Following the Treaty of Union in 1707, Acts of Union were passed in both Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland, which created a new Kingdom of Great Britain. The

THE BRITISH INSTITUTIONS Parliament consists of the Queen and the two Houses : - the House of Commons ( the lower House ) the House of Lords ( the upper House ) The Sovereign : The Queen opens and dissolves Parliament. Each session begins with the State Opening of Parliament by the Queen. She delivers the Queen’s speech, which is the legislative agenda written by the government for the coming year. ( Wednesday, 26 May 2010 ) She gives Royal Assent to the bills passed

tout cela sur un grand classique de la phrase grammaticale...

 The cat eats the mouse => the mouse is eaten (by the cat) = présent.
 The cat will eat the mouse => the mouse will be eaten (by the cat) = futur.
 The cat ate the mouse => the mouse has been eaten (by the cat) = prétérit.
 The cat had eaten the mouse => the mouse had been eaten (by the cat) = pluperfect.
 The cat would eaten the mouse => the mouse would be eaten (by the cat) = conditionnel. Les articles 
A. Indéfinis   ←

l’Angleterre. Le 24 Mars 1603 meurt la reine d’Angleterre Elizabeth I, le plus grand souverain qu’ait jamais eu l’Angleterre. Malheureusement, elle n’a pas d’héritier direct. C’est alors le roi d’Ecosse, connu sous le nom de James VI, qui est désigné pour lui succéder. Le roi d’Ecosse est un lointain descendant du roi d’Angleterre Henry VII Tudor, et il se trouve en effet être le plus proche héritier de la « Reine-Vierge » (The Virgin Queen). Il est le fils de la cousine de la reine, Mary Stuart (connu

Les articles : A/An, The et Les articles et les adjectifs démonstratifs sont des _______________. Ils précèdent les _______ pour apporter une information supplémentaire.A - L'article indéfini a/anL'article a/an sert à désigner un élément isolé, par rapport à un ensemble, une classe.We saw a cat in the garden = Nous avons vu un chat dans le jardin. • On utilise a si le mot qui suit commence par une ___________ ou par le son /j/ :

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states. All but two (Mozambique and Rwanda) of these countries were formerly part of the British Empire, out of which it developed. The member states co-operate within a framework of common values and goals as outlined in the Singapore Declaration.[1] These include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good