A handbook of selected constitutions
Date
1965-12-24
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Enugu: Attorney-General’s Chamber,
Abstract
Great Britain; The United States of America; Switzerland; India; Cameroon; Brazil; Congo (Leopoldville); Nigeria.
Description
The word “CONSTITUTION”, as a term in political science, is defined by the Shorter Oxford Dictionary as “the mode in which a State is constituted or organised; the system or body of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state or body politic is constituted and governed”. By the same authority, the word “constitute” means “to set up, ordain, appoint; to frame, form; to make up, compose.” Every “state” has a constitution, or an organic, basic or fundamental law, written or unwritten, which ordains the form of government, establishes its various organs and assigns to them their respective powers. It also regulates the relationship of the organs with one another and with the sovereign, and provides the sanctions necessary for the preservation of itself and of the body politic