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Explain how Parliament and legislative scrutiny helps address this requirement: Develop awareness of the significance of Magna Carta 1215, the Bill of Rights 1689, the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 to the development of rights in the UK. Use AO1, AO2 and AO3 where the command word requires them.
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What a good answer should say
- Use a structural approach.
- AO1 identifies the formal institutions and constitutional rules governing Parliament and legislative scrutiny.
- AO2 then compares the UK and USA: both systems allocate public power, whereas the UK constitution is uncodified and the US Constitution is codified with a stronger formal separation of powers.
- This difference matters because institutional checks and legal authority operate differently.
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A strong Politics answer uses accurate knowledge and explains that the UK and USA may share functions whereas their constitutional structures differ. One viewpoint must be tested against a competing viewpoint; however, the overall judgement must follow from political evidence and context.
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