What is constitutional law?
A supreme law governing legal rules and political power, including its own change.
Constitutional law
Governs the legal and political structure
What does universal adult suffrage mean?
The adult electorate grants governing power and can hold government accountable with few limits.
Constitutionalism
Government limited by a constitution
What is the First-past-the-post electoral system?
The candidate with the most votes in a single-member constituency wins without an absolute majority.
Universal adult suffrage
All adults can vote, with some restrictions
Since when has First-past-the-post been used in Malaysia and the UK?
Since 1954 in Malaysia and since the Representation of the People Act 1948 in the UK.
First past the post
Candidate with most votes wins, no majority needed
UK constituencies
650 areas, each electing one MP
2011 referendum
32% support for alternative vote
Majority in FPTP
Germany and UK often produce strong government majorities
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1. What does constitutionalism require regarding governmental power?
2. What does constitutional law primarily regulate within a state's legal and political framework?
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