_#_Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
_#_Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
_#_National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
_#_Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff, deputy bailiff
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States
_#_Judicial branch: Royal Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
Head of Government—Lieutenant Governor Lt. Gen. Sir Michael
WILKINS (since 1990); Bailiff Sir Charles FROSSARD (since 1982)
_#_Political parties and leaders: none; all independents