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The OED defines a constitution as a "the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by" (OED). So a constitution is a body of written down rules that regulate the relation of the state and its individual subject, right and responsibilities, plus the state structure (goverment, parliament, courts). | The OED defines a constitution as a "the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by" (OED). So a constitution is a body of written down rules that regulate the relation of the state and its individual subject, right and responsibilities, plus the state structure (goverment, parliament, courts). | ||
==Sources== | |||
[1]Turpin, Colin and Adam Tompkins. British government and the Constitution. 6th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007: 5-9, 33-42. | |||
[2]“What Is The British Constitution?” Re-Constitution. 6. July. 2010 | |||
<[http://www.re-constitution.org.uk/discover-the-facts/what-is-the-british-constitution/]> | |||
[3]Straw, Jack. “Modernising the Magna Carta.” 2008. Ministry of Justice. 6.July 2010 | |||
<[http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/sp130208.htm]> | |||
[5]Straw, Jack. “Constitutional change and the future of parliamentary democracy.” 2009. Ministry of Justice. 6.July 2010 <[http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/speech241109a.htm]> | |||
[6]Bagehot. Walter. ''Die Englische Verfassung''. Ed./Trans. Klaus Streifhau. Berlin: Luchterhand. 1971: 1-38. | |||
[7]Faith, Thompson. ''Magna Carta''. London: Oxford University Press, 1950: V, 3-10, 33,-69. | |||
[8]“Judiciary.” Re-Constitution. 6. July. 2010 | |||
<http://[www.re-constitution.org.uk/discover-the-facts/judiciary#facts_5]> | |||
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What is a constitution?
The OED defines a constitution as a "the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by" (OED). So a constitution is a body of written down rules that regulate the relation of the state and its individual subject, right and responsibilities, plus the state structure (goverment, parliament, courts).
Sources
[1]Turpin, Colin and Adam Tompkins. British government and the Constitution. 6th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007: 5-9, 33-42.
[2]“What Is The British Constitution?” Re-Constitution. 6. July. 2010 <[1]>
[3]Straw, Jack. “Modernising the Magna Carta.” 2008. Ministry of Justice. 6.July 2010 <[2]>
[5]Straw, Jack. “Constitutional change and the future of parliamentary democracy.” 2009. Ministry of Justice. 6.July 2010 <[3]>
[6]Bagehot. Walter. Die Englische Verfassung. Ed./Trans. Klaus Streifhau. Berlin: Luchterhand. 1971: 1-38.
[7]Faith, Thompson. Magna Carta. London: Oxford University Press, 1950: V, 3-10, 33,-69.
[8]“Judiciary.” Re-Constitution. 6. July. 2010 <http://[www.re-constitution.org.uk/discover-the-facts/judiciary#facts_5]>