# The UK’s Unwritten Constitution: Is It Worth the Paper It’s (Not) Written On?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Law
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This lecture looks at the power given to advocates in a country with a constitutional structure, like the US. It examines how this empowerment allows them success against even heads of state, and contrasts this with the difficulties faced by lawyers working in nations without constitutions, like Britain.

## Lectures

1. [Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on/00b77024ccf6) (Audio)
2. [The US Constitution: A Catalogue of Complaints about Britain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on/3fd7a3e19a8d) (Audio)
3. [Writing a British Constitution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on/b1180cea0a15) (Audio)
4. [Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on/c1db81efaff5) (Audio)
5. [What Rights and Duties are Missing from the U.S. Constitution?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on/c62a5b50922d) (YouTube)
6. [Taking the Constitution into the Classroom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-uks-unwritten-constitution-it-worth-paper-its-not-written-on/c37365aa4266) (Audio)