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... which represent rules of key importance in the history of the constitution. There are also several acts that deal with the electoral system and the composition and functioning of parliament, such as the representation of the people Act, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, the Life Peerages Act 1958, the Peerage Act 1963, and the Royal Assent Act 1967. There is also the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, which asserts the primacy of the House of Commons in conflicts that arise between the two houses. There are also statutes in reference to change within the monarchy but there is a lack of statutes that are of general importance defining the authority of the political executive branch. The Acts of Parliament have made a lot of changes in the law relating to civil liberties such as the Habeas Corpus Act 1679. Habeas Corpus The Magna ...