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Sources of the Constitution of the United Kingdom Sources of the Constitution Under the Constitution of UK, there has traditionally been no comprehensive single document which sets out the general principles of political governance. To give meaning to the constitution as a whole, it is necessary to study the many fundamental documents, statutes and cases along with the non-legal conventional rules. It is, however, convenient to classify the sources, broadly under two heads, namely, legal and non-legal sources. Legal sources imply those sources provisions coming from which are enforceable by an order of the court; non-legal sources imply those sources provisions. coming from which are not enforceable by an order of the court. Legal Sources Statutes: This is law created by Parliament. Acts of Parliament are approved by the Lords, Commons and the Monarchs, they gain the force of law, and are then implemented by the executive and enforced by the courts. Any law that involves constituti