Chapter 3 Government and the Commonwealth
1. Britain is a parliamentary democracy 议会制民主with a constitutional monarchy君主立宪制.The British Constitution is made up of
① Statutory law 成文法,制定法（the most important）→ passed by parliament
②Common law 判例法，普通法→ customs or legal precedents
③Conventions 习惯法，衡平法 →not legally exist, but still vital
2.The House of commons（下议院） 三大职能①The most important is drafting new laws. 立法②to scrutinize, criticize and restrain the actions of the government 约束政府③to influence the future government policy影像未来政策
3. The parliament: a two-party system 两党制
4. Three main parties: The Conservative Party保守党, The Labor Party工党, The Liberal Democrats自由民主党. 获得下议院半数以上投票的党派成为执政党
5. The Queen of Britain is considered the head of the Commonwealth. The headquarters are all located in London.英国女王被认为是英联邦的元首（然并卵，只是个代言人而已）。总部都设在伦敦。
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