Codified Constitution Vs. The United States

A constitution is a set of fundamental and fortified rules, which govern the conduct of a nation, by establishing its approach and system. A constitution can be either codified or un-codified, it defines the principles that society should conform to. The constitution controls the government by limiting functions of different departments, while the word constitution has a variety of meanings. Bolingbroke stated in 1733 that: “By constitution, we mean, whenever we speak with propriety and exactness, that assemblage of laws, institutions and customs, derived from certain fixed principles of reason directed to certain fixed objects of public good, that compose the general system, according to which the community has agreed to be governed.” Aristotle
A common example of a codified constitution is the American constitution. This constitution came into effect in 1787 not only laying out the rights of the American citizens but also the powers of the government, whereas an un-codified constitution is not set out in one written document but has a wide range of sources. The United Kingdom’s constitution is a well-known example of an un-codified constitution. The UK’s constitution has many sources, which include the royal prerogatives, conventions, common law, statute law and the European Constitution.
The difference between a codified and un-codified Constitution is the flexibility. The codified constitution is very rigid whereas, the un-codified constitution is adaptable to the different circumstances that may occur in the country. The flexibility of the un-codified constitution means that amendments can be made rapidly and appropriately but a codified constitution can take longer to be amended. Flexibility was shown within the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 section 3 was amended to ensure that the members were kept safe from the harm of
Theirs is a codified document making their constitution a resolute and irrevocable (physical nevertheless tangible) form of constitution. The American constitution was identified with a single document, which can into place due to the fact that there were revolutions in the country. Thomas Paine described the constitution as: A constitution is a thing antecedent to a government and a government is only the creature of a constitution … A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government and a government without a constitution, is power without a