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Unlike many other nations, New Zealand has no single constitutional document. [1] [2] It is an uncodified constitution, sometimes referred to as an "unwritten constitution", although the New Zealand constitution is in fact an amalgamation of written and unwritten sources. [3] [4] The Constitution Act 1986 has a central role, [5] alongside a ...
The Constitution of Cameroon is the supreme law of the Republic of Cameroon. Adopted in 1972, it is Cameroon's third constitution. [1] The document consists of a preamble and 13 Parts, each divided into Articles. The Constitution outlines the rights guaranteed to Cameroonian citizens, the symbols and official institutions of the country, the ...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( Dutch: Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands [1] as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is generally seen as directly derived from the one issued in ...
Constitutional amendment. A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity. Amendments are often interwoven into the relevant sections of an existing constitution, directly altering the text. Conversely, they can be appended to the constitution as supplemental additions ...
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law of Singapore.A written constitution, the text which took effect on 9 August 1965 is derived from the Constitution of the State of Singapore 1963, provisions of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia made applicable to Singapore by the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965 (No. 9 of 1965, 1985 Rev. Ed.), and the Republic of ...
PREAMBLE. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Constitution of Canada ( French: Constitution du Canada) is the supreme law in Canada. [1] It outlines Canada's system of government and the civil and human rights of those who are citizens of Canada and non-citizens in Canada. [2] Its contents are an amalgamation of various codified acts, treaties between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples ...
