Is the Constitution Elitist or Democratic Apart from the most important individual values‚ optimal orgasms and a gentle death‚ the most important social values are freedom and safety. In many instances‚ safety is a prerequisite to freedom‚ which is why a strong government is usually needed. A government can come into existence via different routes. One of the possible routes is to be elected‚ more or less directly‚ by the people. This is what we call a democracy. Whether this government later
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The Rise and Fall of the Constitution There were many factors that contributed to the eventual failure of the Union. One of the major controversial topics during this time period was slavery‚ because it was opposed by the North‚ but accepted by the South. Along with these disputes came rapid expansion of the United States. This “Manifest Destiny” only inflated many issues in an already divided country. However‚ when the nation searched for a solution in the Constitution‚ all that was found was
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Constitution ------------------------------------------------- Important points of Indian constitution It is the largest written legal document in the world. It took 2 years‚ 11 months and 17 days to complete the text of constitution. Initially it contained 395 articles and 8 Schedules. Sachchidanand Sinha was the first chairman of the constituent Assembly ( it consisted of elected member of legislative assembly). Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the permanent chairman of constituent
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The Constitution is the system of laws‚ principles and customs that define the infrastructure and power of the state while also acting as a regulator with regards to the government’s relation with the citizens. As Democracy is associated with high standards of legal protection of equality it is clear how theorists see it fitting together with Constitutionalism hand in hand . With the codification of such provisions it provides citizens with the ability to hold the state responsible for infringement
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The Constitution Simulation have depicted a clear an unbiased picture of the state of the land after the revolutionary war. A widely divided country with deeply rooted issues. Suffice to say the population was not very fond of government especially strong central government. The founding fathers‚ Madison‚ envisioned the new constitution as the foundation of the new republic “a mean to improve the weak”. According to the Constitution simulation‚ one of the driving force of the resistance to the new
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effective‚ its functions and whether the concept cab be found in the Indian Constitution. Further‚ a critical analysis has been drawn to come to a viable opinion with regard to the theory. The validity of norm is ascertained with reference to its authorizing norm‚ which confers a power to create it and may specify conditions for its existence. This paper shows the application of kelson’s theory of grundnorm in the Indian Constitution in various cases like kesavananda bharti case‚ Indra Gandhi v/s Raj Narain
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The Constitution is extremely important to us. The United States needed a constitution because it had just broken off from the British needed to create a system of laws with checks and balances. The U.S. also needed unification. Ratifying the constitution was a good idea for America because without it we don’t know where we would be today. One reason to ratify the constitution was to create a fair distribution of power in the government. The people didn’t want a king. Fair branches of government
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Changing the Constitution AssignmentThe process for changing the Constitution starts with the amendment process. In thisprocess a section of text is added to the end of the document which changes something elsethat is already in the document or it makes a totally new rule. This kind of revision or additionto the Constitution is known as a formal amendment. There are 27 amendments that havebeen added to the Constitution.There are four different methods of correctly amending the Constitution. Each of themis
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1. What is government? • It refers to the particular group of people which is the administrative bureaucracy of a society at a given time. Each successive government is composed of a specialized and privileged body of individuals‚ who monopolize political decision – making and are separated by status and organization from the population as a whole. Their function is to enforce existing laws‚ make new ones‚ and arbitrate conflicts via their monopoly on violence. In some societies‚ this group is often
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U.S Constitution DBQ The Federal Government showed to be ineffective under the Articles of Confederation. The Government lacked power‚ with large state governments showing to be superior. The U.S Constitution proposed a new form of government. With the addition of three separate branches of government‚ being‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial‚ the Constitution also created a stronger Federal Government‚ weakening state governments. As southern states with larger populations were against the
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