... purpose. Americans feel much more secure knowing that they can call on the constitution at any time and it will back them up (if they are in the right) without the risk of repeal or argument. However in England we have no such written constitution for the simple reason that we have never had a major revolution in which the people have demanded such a document. Although some may point to the magna carta and the Bill of Rights 1689 (which deals more with the relationship between the crown and parliament) these can both be repealed. In England we take what is known as a 'residual' approach to fundamental rights. This means that rather than having a series of rights laid out before us, we are free to do anything as long as there is no law forbidding it. This is a crucial difference between English and American fundamental rights. In ...

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