United Kingdom
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- unwritten, partly common law, partly customs and statutes
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law traditions with some influences from the modern Roman and continental system, acts of Parliament are not reviewed by the judiciary
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, House of Commons and House of Lords
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- House of Lords (is the highest court of appeal) some Lords are appointed for life by the Queen
RELIGIONS
Christians 59.5%, Muslims 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, others 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7%
From the country
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped dramatically...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped dramatically into the Kenny Richey case - promising "to make inquiries myself" about the Scot on Death Row in Ohio
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were being sent...
Asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were being sent home to imminent death due to Government failures, an Amnesty International report entitled 'Get it right: How Home Office Decision Making Fails Refugees' claimed
- FEBRUARY 8, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair,...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair, renewed her attack on America's use of the death penalty
- JANUARY 26, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his...
Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his frustration as he waited the legal decision on his fate
- JANUARY 26, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his...
Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his frustration as he waited the legal decision on his fate
- JANUARY 4, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Home Secretary David Blunkett said that a life...
British Home Secretary David Blunkett said that a life sentence must mean exactly that for the worst murderers as there was no capital punishment in the country
- DECEMBER 29, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Outspoken UK MP Desmond Swayne is leading the call...
Outspoken UK MP Desmond Swayne is leading the call for the restoration of the death penalty following the cold-blooded killing of a traffic police officer
- DECEMBER 21, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Cherie Blair entered the debate over the fate of Saddam...
Cherie Blair entered the debate over the fate of Saddam Hussein by calling for the abolition of the death penalty around the world
- DECEMBER 18, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A poll in the UK revealed that 59 percent of those...
A poll in the UK revealed that 59 percent of those questioned supported Saddam being tried by a court in Iraq, while 29 percent said the United Nations should deal with him
- DECEMBER 16, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Labour MP Malcolm Savidge said the history of modern...
Labour MP Malcolm Savidge said the history of modern Iraq was dripping with blood and barbarism
- DECEMBER 15, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Washington's closest Iraq war ally Britain said it...
Washington's closest Iraq war ally Britain said it would play no part in any trial of Saddam Hussein that might lead to his execution
- DECEMBER 15, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain is prepared to see Saddam Hussein hanged for...
Britain is prepared to see Saddam Hussein hanged for "serious war crimes" despite its opposition to the death penalty, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared