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Constitutional Law

Constitutional law is the study of the foundational laws that define the powers and authority of government bodies in relation to law creation and execution. It encompasses various forms of constitutions, which may be written or unwritten, and establishes the hierarchies and relationships of power within a state. The document contrasts different constitutional frameworks, such as the written Constitution of the United States and the customary sources of British constitutional law.

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Constitutional Law

Constitutional law is the study of the foundational laws that define the powers and authority of government bodies in relation to law creation and execution. It encompasses various forms of constitutions, which may be written or unwritten, and establishes the hierarchies and relationships of power within a state. The document contrasts different constitutional frameworks, such as the written Constitution of the United States and the customary sources of British constitutional law.

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Constitutional law

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Constitutional law is the study of foundational laws that govern the scope of powers and
authority of various bodies in relation to the creation and execution of other laws by a
government. A constitution binds a government or governments, limiting the contexts in
which rules may be created, interpreted and force may be applied. Constitutions may
reference various bodies, including organizations, associations, stateless peoples and
nation-states.

Most commonly constitutional law is the law of these foundational laws, customs, and
constitution a conventions in regard to nation-states. Not all nation-states have
constitutions, though all such states have a jus commune, or law of the land, that may
consist of a variety of imperative and consensual rules, that may be customary law, oral
law and written law that apply in the various jurisdictions of such state. Of those nation-
states that do have constitutions, not all are considered strictly written constitutions, as
the laws that govern such issues may not be consolidated into one single constitution
document or instrument. The constitutional law may be the fact of interpreting a variety
of text which may also be informed by history, custom and unwritten constitutional
conventions . Compare, for example, the written Constitution of the United States with
British constitutional law, which arises from multiple sources including Magna Carta, the
common law, and other customary sources. In some countries, the constitution is known
as the Basic Law.

Constitutional laws may often be considered second order rulemaking or rules about
making rules of exercise power. One of the key tasks of constitutions within this context
is to indicate hierarchies and relationships of power. Thus, for example, in the case of a
unitary state, the Constitution will vest ultimate authority in one central administration
and legislature, and judiciary, though there is often a delegation of power or authority to
local or municipal authorities. Whereas when a constitution establishes a federal state, it
will identify the several levels of government coexisting with exclusive or shared areas of
jurisdiction over lawmaking, application and enforcement.
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