CONSTITUTION OF MAURITIUS Chapter I – THE STATE AND THE CONSTITUTION Article1.The State Mauritius shall be a sovereign democratic State‚ which shall be known as the Republic of Mauritius. Article 2.Constitution is supreme law This Constitution is the supreme law of Mauritius and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution‚ that other law shall‚ to the extent of the inconsistency‚ be void. Chapter II – PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL Article 3.Fundamental
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CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999 CAP. C23 L.F.N. 2004 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION: Arrangement of sections Chapter I General Provisions Part I Federal Republic of Nigeria 1. Supremacy of constitution. 2 The Federal Republic of Nigeria. 3 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. Part II Powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 4. Legislative powers. 5 Executive powers. 6 Judicial powers 7. Local government
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Ratification of the Constitution What were the major arguments that surfaced in opposition to the new Constitution proposed in 1787? How did supporters of the Constitution counter those arguments? Out of the dozens of arguments that surfaced in opposition to the new Constitution proposed in 1787‚ what truly led to controversy is the lack of adaptation to new policies of control and the commotion of constant changes being made. People couldn’t fathom the switch pertaining to their government
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management R.V. College of Engineering‚ Bangalore – 59 VII Semester CIP71 – Constitution of India and Professional Ethics QUESTION BANK Constitution of India Important Cases Case 1 Maneka Gandhi vs. Union of India (1978) The fact situation in this case was as follows: Section 10(3)(c) of the Passport Act authorizes the Passport authority to impound a Passport if it deems it necessary to do so in the in the
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DBQ: How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny? Americans desperately fought against tyranny with the best weapon they had‚ the Constitution. During the colonial times‚ King George III demanded many things from the colonists that were living in the Americas. This was caused by the aftermath of the French and Indian War. This caused increasing debts for the King and England; therefore the King was forced to raise the taxes of America and England. This increase in tax made the Americans angry
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The Constitution has often been called a living tribute to the art of compromise. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention came from all over the country. Each individual came with the intention to keep his interests‚ as well as‚ the interests of the region they represented secure. These were educated men with considerable wealth‚ most of which were involved in politics previously. Several of the Constitutional compromises were made in the area of slavery and the terms used are racist. Slave
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Articles in the Constitution In the Constitution there are 7 Articles. In Article 5‚ it talks about changing the Constitution and how it needs to be approached. It also explains how to propose (introduce) and how to ratify (approve) each and every amendment. The ‘framers’ made this and the creating of each branch very detailed because everything needed to be perfect at every moment. Also‚ Montesquieu was the one that promoted the 3 branches of government. One of the 7 Articles in Article 1 which
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Type A Personality The Type A personality is not so uncommon in society today. Fundamentally‚ this personality grows out of having had to earn acceptance rather than being bestowed with it unconditionally. This person‚ as a child‚ was probably given conditional love‚ had a role model who was raised on conditional love‚ or both. There was a standard to be met and if it was met there was acceptance and reward; if the standard wasn’t met‚ then there was neither reward nor acceptance. This
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years after the Constitution was written and ratified‚ Most Americans were terrified of the Constitution becoming too powerful. Many people think that this document has always been valued‚ but this is not true. When this document was written in 1787 and submitted to the states for ratification‚ it started to become months of violent and often harsh debates. In April of 1789‚ George Washington was under oath as President‚ even though two states still had not approved the Constitution. When ratifying
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Transformed beyond recognition from the vision of the Founding Fathers’. Discuss this view of the modern US constitution. On March 4th 1789 the constitution of the United States of America came into effect. Derived from the visions of seven political leaders and statesmen and consisting of only seven articles‚ the US constitution would become the first of its kind‚ the bedrock of democracy and lay the foundations for democratic political systems across the world. Since 1789‚ America has progressed
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