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  2. Constitutionalism of the United States has been defined as a complex of ideas, attitudes and patterns elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from the people, and is limited by a body of fundamental law. These ideas, attitudes and patterns, according to one analyst, derive from "a dynamic political and historical ...

  3. Jan 10, 2001 · Constitutionalism is the idea, often associated with the political theories of John Locke and the founders of the American republic, that government can and should be legally limited in its powers, and that its authority or legitimacy depends on its observing these limitations.

  4. Constitutionalism is the doctrine that a government’s authority is determined by a body of laws or constitution. Learn about the two traditions of constitutionalism: political and liberal, and their historical origins, mechanisms, and challenges.

  5. A chapter from an edited volume that reviews three kinds of constitutionalism: normative, conceptual, and empirical. It also discusses the relationship between constitutionalism and liberalism, democracy, and judicial review.

  6. The idea of constitutionalism, as applied to the American colonies, sparked the Revolution, which has shaped the world's political structures to this day. At the time of its ratification in 1788, the Constitution of the United States became the most visible expression of a nation's belief in limited government, the rule of law, and a classical ...

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