"The differences between the UK and US constitutions are overstated since both constitutions create a similar type of political system". - Discuss. ... Both the United States and the United Kingdom have constitutions but "expressed in purely formal terms, there is very little similarities between them" (Norton 1984, 59). ... Although the national subdivisions of the British Isles lend themselves in theory to a Federal constitution, in which authority is divided between several co-ordinate agencies, the United Kingdom became and remains a unitary state. ... The structure provides politicians...

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According to documents A and D, however, show that the United States' method of choosing the president doesn't reflect the population accurately at all. A state such as Illinois, which has a higher population than twelve other states combined, still has less than half the representation in the Electoral College than those other twelve states put together. ... The United States is often described as a highly diverse nation with various political ideologies and opportunities available to citizens, as well as politically inactive individuals. ... When the constitution was ratified, it...

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