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
- OCTOBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Wanted terrorists extradited to the United States under...
Wanted terrorists extradited to the United States under new "fast track" procedures will not face the death penalty for their role in the 11 September massacre
- OCTOBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Terrorists who mastermind atrocities in Britain against...
Terrorists who mastermind atrocities in Britain against the United States could be extradited to face the death penalty there
- OCTOBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith, urged that...
The Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith, urged that emergency anti-terror laws should include the power to send suspected terrorists back to countries such as the United States and India even though they might face the death penalty
- OCTOBER 4, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban...
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for illegally entering Afghanistan will face trial for "violating the laws" the country, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, the leader of the London-based...
Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, the leader of the London-based fundamentalist Islamic group Al-Muhajiroun, which claims to have recruited thousands of British Muslims to fight "holy wars" abroad, said President Musharraf of Pakistan had, under Islamic law, be
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
September 19; 2001: Chancellor Gerhard Schroder ruled...
September 19; 2001: Chancellor Gerhard Schroder ruled out any "adventures", amid reports that America was asking for Germany's participation in a daring mission to free eight Western aid workers imprisoned in Afghanistan
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Iain Duncan Smith was elected leader of the Conservative...
Iain Duncan Smith was elected leader of the Conservative Party, after getting the backing of 61% of the vote in the first ever leadership contest decided by party members
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British government is preparing to launch a legal...
The British government is preparing to launch a legal challenge against America over its use of the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British Humanist Association, the National Secular...
The British Humanist Association, the National Secular Society and the Rationalist Press Association expressed their concern at the death sentence passed in Pakistan on Dr Younus Shaikh, lecturer, peace activist and founder of the progressive group Enligh
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith was presented with an honorary...
Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Law at the University of Wolverhampton for his 20-year campaign against the death penalty in the US
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of...
Mohamed Aly Abbas, a Turkish national suspected of killing Briton Edgar Fernandes was extradited from Malta to Turkey
- AUGUST 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf,...
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf, in an unprecedented visit by the most senior judge in Britain to the People's Republic, attended the Celebration of Sino-Legal Exchange, organised by the British Council and the Chinese Ministry of