The differences between the constitutions of the United Kingdom and the United States The question requires us to see the difference between the constitutions of the United Kingdom and the United States political systems and then analyze whether there actually is a difference between the two. The Constitution specifies the powers of the state and the institutions or offices that hold and exercise state power. “A state is a human community that claims (successfully) a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory” (Max Weber). There are two types of constitutions: negative constitutions that go beyond the principles that go beyond the desires of the people, this is common in the US constitution. While the positive constitution is an example of the British constitutions constructed in such a way as to maintain the wishes of the public. In Conclusion After independence American leaders had to create a new national congress known as the Constitutional Convention of 1787, however they had as their starting point the use of the British constitutional system. The difference between the US and UK constitutions is that the US constitution is codified, meaning it is a written federal constitution, meaning American government authority shared between Washington and the other states. Which operates according to the principles of federalism and separate institutions, therefore there is a tripartite division of power between the executive, legislature and judiciary sharing power; both disperse and fragment government power. This then provides a decentralized political system and autonomy is given to the state government by the national government. Since each state has its own legislative authority on matters such as taxes, military, etc. It is often said that the United Kingdom does not have a constitution, known as a unitary and unlimited constitution. There is no written constitution like that of the United States: it consists of common law statutes and constitutional conventions. While in the UK local government doesn't have much control, it just follows Westminster's rules. The newly assembled Welsh Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Greater London Assembly had very little power from the Western minister compared to the American states. However, “The unitary state