ABSTRACT
The majority of constitutions around the world are in written form and their origins can be traced to a specific date in history. The United Kingdom’s Constitution, by contrast, is one that has never been rationally constructed and formally written down, but has gradually evolved over the centuries. To study public law successfully, it is not essential to have an in-depth knowledge of constitutional history, but having an appreciation of some of the issues and the most important periods of development does make the contemporary Constitution and its different elements easier to understand.
