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| Constitution | 1.A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. 2.A written record of this. |
| Constitutionalism | In its most general meaning, is "a complex of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law" |
| Federal Constitution | A federal constitution is the legal document setting up a federation. |
| A federation | A federation is where a group of states agree to join together in one political organisation or state, with the central or federal government having certain powers, and the original states retaining other powers. |
| Quasi Federalism | When a state has the apperaence of being divided into jurisdictions but is in fact a unitary state which has no divided authority. |
| Unitary Constitution | A Unitary Constitution is one which sets up one Central Government and all the powers are vested in it. The unit/provincial/State Governments acts as subordinates to the Central Government. Eg: Great Britain |
| Constitutional reform | A constitutional reform is a formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state. In some jurisdictions the text of the constitution itself is altered; in others the text is not changed, but the reform changes its effect. |
| Codification | The collection and systematic arrangement, usually by subject, of the laws of a state or country, or the statutory provisions, rules, and regulations that govern a specific area or subject of law or practice. |
| Parliamentary sovereignty | Parliamentary sovereignty is a principle of the UK constitution. It makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK, which can create or end any law. |
| Parliamentary Reform | An act framed to amend the system of parliamentary representation, especially any of those introduced in Britain during the 19th century. |
| Human Rights | A right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person. |
| Devolution | The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, esp. by central government to local or regional administration. e.g welsh assembly or scottish parliament |
| Referendum | A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. The process of referring a political question to the electorate for this purpose. |
| Constitutional Government | A constitutional government is any government whose authority and construction are defined by a constitution. The government need not be of a specific type, such as democratic, socialist, etc, but it does need to have parameters that are defined and relatively unchangeable. |
| Legal Sovereignty | Legal sovereignty is defined as that person or body of persons that makes law and whose law is final and is recognized by courts and is enforced by the executive. |
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