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The systems applying in England were largely applied to Wales,and they became a unit for purposes of legal jurisdiction.
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this marked a personal union of the monarchy of the two countries
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Union of the two countries was completed and the combined nation of Great Britain created with the Westminster Parliament as its law-making body.
-Scotland retained some of its distinctive features (its legal and judicial system) -
Parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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The Dublin Parliament was abolished and 100 MPs joined Westminster, but they kept their own courts of justice and legal system.
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failed - devolved government did not come into effect
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reassertions of NATIONALISM
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-Devolution of government of Wales
-Creation of the National Assembly of Wales (this body was essentially an executive and administrative body. The legislative powers delegated to it were secondary.) BUT after GOVERNMENT WALES ACT 2006 this Assembly can make laws in their own right. -
It established a devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly, after decades of direct rule from Westminster Parliament.
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- First Minister -Devolved power as regards economic and social issues such as education, health, agriculture -Westminster's reserved power as regards import-export control, firearms and explosives, intellectual property, etc.
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The Scottish Parliament:
-single chamber
-First past the post (single majority) and the proportional representation
-First Minister, the head of the executive (part of executive and part of legislative power) -
-Single chamber
-members elected by first past the post an proportional representation
-primary legislative power (are able to make laws). this can only operate on the basis of agreement w/ the Westminster Parliament