Quoting Jason White (jason@jasonjgw.net):
Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
The UK's situation is also interesting: There is no explicit written constitution, but the body and traditions established by common law are regarded as embodying the country's constitution.
Yes, exactly. I haven't checked the details, but I would expect this to be qualified by European Union law nowadays, for example by the European Convention on Human Rights.
Have the Poms decided they believe in the concept of Europe, yet? ;-> (There's a probably apocryphal story that the head of the Chunnel consortium has a framed Times of London headline -- that may be equally apocryphal -- on his wall to remind himself about the provincial attitude his office must push against: 'Fog Closes Channel. Continent Cut Off'.)