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A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.
In addition, projects relating to a restriction of human rights enshrined in the Constitution, Article 40 defining the country as a representative, democratic, federal, free and sovereign republic and subjects relating to electoral law, the state budget, the organisation of national security and that of the army and its operations are excluded.
Some of the countries on this list were part of larger, now extinct, states (such as the Russian Empire or Yugoslavia) when the transition to a republic took place. Countries that have always had non-republican forms of government (such as absolute monarchy, theocracy, etc.) are not included in this list. Some were also independent states that ...
However, democratizing countries often chose more centralized British or French models of government, particularly the British Westminster system. Since the 1980s, the influence of the United States Constitution has been waning as other countries have created new constitutions or updated older constitutions, a process which Sanford Levinson ...
C. Constitution of Cameroon; Constitution of the Central African Republic; Chadian constitution of 1996; Chadian constitution of 2018; Constitution of the Comoros
An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that of San Marino, dating to 1600). Countries by Date of National Constitution
Issued the Yushin Constitution and placed country under martial law. Ferdinand Marcos Philippines: 1972 Marcos claimed that a supposed Communist takeover of the government compelled him to suspend the 1935 Constitution and impose martial law. Ratified the 1973 Constitution in its place and won its approval in the Ratification Cases of the ...
The new Constitution came into force after being proclaimed by the National Assembly on 10 April 2019. [3] Laws which were passed to enforce the Constitution's reforms to the country's judicial system must be enacted within 18 months. [14] [15] An electoral law detailing the restructuring of government must also be passed within six months.