The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development
Online ISSN : 2424-1784
Print ISSN : 0288-0334
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A Study of England and English Language Teaching
Naomi KOIKE
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1984 Volume 9 Issue 2 Pages 77-82

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Examining the concept of the sovereign right through its historical theories and the character of English People who have been unfamiliar with written Constitutions,we catch a glimpse of the historical continuance of their unwritten Constitution, King (or Queen), Parliament (the House of Lords and the House of Commons), Cabinet System and the Rule of Law (common law), and so on. Although today the House of Commons has been strengthening its power under Universal Adult Suffrage with limiting the Prerogative Power of the King. He has been still playing an important role on all political and social fields. So from the social-psychological aspect in their legal mind, it seems to us that Dicey's Theory, "Sovereignty of Parliament (King or Queen in Parliament)" consists of two parts. The one (King) reigns this land as a symbol of an integrate part of this land and as the "dignified parts" of sovereignty, and the other (Parliament, involved the Cabinet) has almost its substantial executive power as the "efficient parts" of it.
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