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AQA A-Level Politics 7152
The Nature and Sources of the British Constitution
The Structure and Role of Parliament
The Prime Minister and Cabinet
The UK Judiciary
Devolution
Democracy and Participation
Topic overviewDemocracy, Legitimacy and Direct DemocracyDirect and Representative Democracy ComparedThe Reform Acts of 1832 to 1884 and the ChartistsSuffragists and SuffragettesWho Can Vote Today, and Votes at 16Forms of Political ParticipationTurnout, Apathy and Proposals for ReformPartisan and Class Dealignment
Elections and Referendums
Topic overviewMajoritarian and Proportional SystemsThe Additional Member System, STV and Other SystemsThe 1945 and 1979 General ElectionsThe 1997 and 2010 General ElectionsModels of Voting BehaviourLeadership, Manifestos, Campaigns and the MediaThe Nature and Use of ReferendumsRegulating Referendums, and the Case For and Against
Political Parties in the UK
Pressure Groups in the UK
The UK and the European Union
The Constitutional Framework of US Government
Congress
The US Presidency
The US Supreme Court
US Elections and Direct Democracy
Topic overviewCongressional Elections and Electoral College VotesThe Electoral CollegeThe Invisible Primary, Primaries and CaucusesSuper Tuesday, Momentum and DelegatesWhat Decides a US ElectionCampaign Finance RegulationParty Coalitions and Voting BehaviourRealignment, Dealignment, Split-Ticket Voting and TurnoutDirect Democracy at State Level
Political Parties in the USA
Pressure Groups in the USA
Civil Rights in the USA
Comparative Politics: Theoretical Approaches
Constitutions and Legislatures Compared
The Executives Compared
The Judiciaries Compared
Electoral and Party Systems Compared
Pressure Groups Compared
Civil Rights Compared
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
NationalismIdeology
FeminismIdeology
MulticulturalismIdeology
AnarchismIdeology
The UK Judiciary
The Constitutional Reform Act, Separation of Powers and Appointments
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Overview
Recall questions on the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and judicial independence, the separation of powers, how judges are appointed, the social make-up of the senior judiciary and why it matters.
What you need to know
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Key term
Which 2009 change sharpened the separation of powers?
Key term
What may be taken into account where two candidates are of equal merit?
Process
Who heads the judiciary of England and Wales, and what does the separation of powers require?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Which Act placed a statutory duty on ministers to uphold judicial independence?
Model answer
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
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Who became head of the judiciary of England and Wales as a result?
Model answer
The Lord Chief Justice.
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What is the separation of powers?
Model answer
The principle that legislative, executive and judicial power should rest in different hands so that no one body becomes too powerful.
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Why is the UK's separation of powers described as incomplete?
Model answer
Ministers sit in and are drawn from the legislature, so executive and legislature are fused; only the judiciary is clearly separate.
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Which 2009 change sharpened the separation of powers?
Model answer
The opening of the UK Supreme Court, which moved the highest court out of the House of Lords and out of Parliament.
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Which body selects most judges in England and Wales?
Model answer
The Judicial Appointments Commission.
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