TheBirthofthePrimeMinisterandCabinet范例.pptVIP

The Birth of the Prime Minister and Cabinet The Prime Minister Leader of his party in the House of Commons Head of the goverment Chief spokesman for the goverment He has the right to select his cabinet He directs and controls policy for the goverment He keeps the Queen informed of goverment decisions. The Constitution Britain doesnt have a constitution written down in a single document. The constitution flows from 6 sources: 1) The Royal Prerogatives 皇家特权 2) Statute Laws 成文法 3) Common Laws 普通法，判例法 4) Conventions 习惯法 5) Authoritative Opinions 权威意见 6) European Union Laws 欧盟法 * ⅠTo ensure good relations between Crown and Parliament ,the king or queen met regularly with a group of important Parliament arians,ahroup which became known as the Cabinet. ⅡIn 1714,the ruling Queen died without producing an heir to the throne and so Britain had to import a member of the royal family from Germany to rule Britain. Ⅲ The new King George Ⅰspoke English badly and was not interested in politics anyway,so he left the job of chairing cabinet meetings to one of his ministers.In time he came to be calledthe prime minister. Camerons first cabinet meeting The Cabinet ⒈Whats is the Cabinet composed of? The chiefs of the most important ministries and departments ⒉Who are always included in the Cabinet? The minister of defense,the foreign secretary and the challecllor of the exchequer财政大臣 ⒊Cabinet meets weekly at No.10 Downing Street Israel and Britain are the only two countries without written constitutions. 英国宪法不是一个具体的法律文本，但实际上其大部分内容还是以成文法的形式出现的，包括由议会通过的法例、法院的判例和国际公约等等。除此之外，英国宪法的法律渊源还包括英国议会惯例和国王特权。 *