How this works. Each stem starts an analytical sentence. Finish it in one or two sentences with a named case, a date and a clear analytical point. Press the hint button if you stall.
Sentence 1Rights protection
The Human Rights Act 1998 is vulnerable to repeal because
Hint: What kind of law is the HRA — and what does that imply about a future Parliament's power over it?
Sentence 2Miller II 2019
Miller II 2019 showed that the uncodified constitution can constrain the executive but only because
Hint: What constitutional principle did the Court rely on — and what would have happened without it?
Sentence 3Rwanda Bill
The 2023 Safety of Rwanda Act is a piece of evidence FOR codification because
Hint: Parliament telling courts to disapply rights: would this be possible under a codified system?
Sentence 4Burke and tradition
Edmund Burke argued constitutions should not be codified because
Hint: Burke's metaphor of society as a partnership — what does it imply about written design?
Sentence 5US comparison
The US constitution is often used as a comparator for UK codification debates because
Hint: The US is the worked example of a codified constitution — what does it show about both strengths and rigidity?
Sentence 6Devolution flexibility
Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1997-99 demonstrates
Hint: How was devolution achieved — by amendment or by ordinary legislation?
Sentence 7FTPA 2011 / 2022
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and its 2022 repeal show
Hint: A constitutional rule passed and repealed within 11 years — what does this tell you about the system?
Sentence 8Synoptic - parties
Conservative ideology resists codification while Lib Dems consistently support it because
Hint: Map each party's view to its underlying ideological commitment.
Sentence 9Synoptic - ideology
Liberal philosophy supports codification because
Hint: Locke and Mill: what does the liberal natural-rights tradition imply about how rights should be protected?
Sentence 10Lords reform
The 2024 Labour government's Lords reform programme shows
Hint: How is Lords reform 2024 being delivered — by amendment or by statute?
Sentence 11No fence-sitting
On this question I commit to the line that codification would do more good than harm, which means
Hint: Three pro-codification anchors — rights, executive constraint, devolution security.
Sentence 12Synoptic level cap
Without synoptic points my P2 essay caps at
Hint: Mark scheme rule: which level cap applies without synoptic linkage?