This was legally a new organisation ( the headquarters, records, assets and debts of the old party were inherited by the Liberal Democrats ), but its constitution asserts it to be the same Liberal party.

The amended constitution asserts that while it is the entitlement of " every person born in the island of Ireland … to be part of the Irish Nation " and to hold Irish citizenship, " a united Ireland shall be brought about only by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island.

He considered Article 7 of the constitution, which asserts freedom of speech, of more importance than Article 1, which forbids discrimination on the basis of religion, life principles, political inclination, race, or sexual preference.

The text of the constitution also asserts the liberal doctrine of fundamental human rights.

Individual rights under the Japanese constitution are rooted in Article 13 where the constitution asserts the right of the people " to be respected as individuals " and, subject to " the public welfare ", to " life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

* Duties: The constitution asserts the duty of Japanese subjects to uphold the constitution ( preamble ), pay taxes ( Article 21 ) and serve in the armed forces if conscripted ( Article 20 ).

The constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan asserts that " democracy in the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be based upon common human principles, according to which the highest value shall be the human being, his life, freedom, honor, dignity and other inalienable rights.

His most notable contribution, " Law and Democracy ", asserts that the constitution would be undemocratic if it gave all the power under it to the elected government.

According to RTVE's annual report ( 2003 ): " This law arose from the Spanish Constitution and the political pluralism which the constitution asserts as a fundamental value of the rule of law ; and in this spirit granted RTVE the right to function as a democratic organization.

: 3 ) What ancient tradition asserts of the constitution of nature, or of the origin and primitive states of the world, is to be allowed for true, where ‘ tis fully agreeable to scripture, reason, and philosophy.

While the KRG asserts that such contracts are legal under Iraqi law and the constitution, many disputes remain.

# What ancient tradition asserts of the constitution of nature, or of the origin and primitive states of the world, is to be allowed for true, where ‘ tis fully agreeable to scripture, reason, and philosophy.

Finally Part I asserts that all power belong to the people and the constitution, being the supreme law of the country, will supersede any other laws and regulations.

On 4 December 1976, the republic became a monarchy — the Central African Empire — with the promulgation of the imperial constitution and the proclamation of the president as Emperor Bokassa I.

On September 11, 1952, Emperor Haile Selassie ratified the constitution.

The constitution states that the Emperor " shall perform only such acts in matters of state as are provided for in the Constitution and he shall not have powers related to government " ( article 4 ) and that the " advice and approval of the Cabinet shall be required for all acts of the Emperor in matters of state " ( article 3 ).

The other detailed regulation of the Emperor's duties is laid down in article 7 of the constitution, where it is stated that the " Emperor with the advice and approval of the Cabinet, shall perform the following acts in matters of state on behalf of the people:

A new constitution described the Emperor as " the head of the Empire, combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty ", whose rights included to sanction and promulgate laws, to execute them and to exercise " supreme command of the Army and the Navy ".

The Emperor of Japan is defined as a symbol, not head, of state by the post-war constitution ( contrasting with the former divine status ) but is treated as an imperial head of state under diplomatic protocol ( even ranking above kings ) and retains Shinto mystique.

* 1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie I signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

The first Roman Emperor, Augustus, attempted to manufacture the appearance of a constitution that still governed the Empire.

* July 16 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

* December 25 – Emperor Charles IV promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire.

The Japanese constitution prescribed that " the Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution " ( article 4 ) and that " The Emperor has the supreme command of the Army and the Navy " ( article 11 ).

Under Article 73 the new constitution was formally submitted to the Imperial Diet by the Emperor, through an imperial rescript issued on 20 June.

Progressive, left, center-left and peace movement related individuals and organizations, as well as the opposition parties, labor and youth groups advocate keeping ( and even strengthening ) the existing constitution in these areas, while right-leaning, nationalist and / or conservative groups and individuals advocate changes to increase the prestige of the Emperor ( though not granting him political powers ) and to allow a more aggressive stance of the self-defense force, e. g. by turning it officially into a military.

Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan, was defined as the Head of State and the Generalissimo of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces according to the constitution of 1889.

The constitution formalized much of the Empire's political structure and gave many responsibilities and powers to the Emperor.

These shifts in power were made possible by the ambiguity and imprecision of the Meiji constitution, particularly as regarded the position of the Emperor in relation to the constitution.

With no precedent to follow, the Empire was faced with the prospect of a period of more than twelve years without a strong executive, as, under the constitution, Pedro II would not attain his majority and begin exercising authority as Emperor until 2 December 1843.

On April 2, 1849, a delegation of the National Assembly met with King Frederick William IV in Berlin and offered him the crown of the Emperor under this new constitution.

Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian granted a constitution that settled internal conflicts ( Erste Zwietracht ) in 1340.

The discontent reached its height when the Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ( February 27, 1673 ) suspended the Hungarian constitution, appointed Johan Caspar Ampringen dictator, deprived 450 Protestant clergy of their living and condemned 67 more to the galleys.

And if he is so scornful of the rights of states, why not advocate a different sort of constitution that he could more sincerely support??

Since the adoption of a new constitution, early in 2010, the politics of Angola takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Angola is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

The city's status as the capital of the nation is governed by the constitution.

A new constitution is established with aid from the U. S. Embassy.

It is most usual to date Athenian democracy from Cleisthenes, since Solon's constitution fell and was replaced by the tyranny of Peisistratus, whereas Ephialtes revised Cleisthenes ' constitution relatively peacefully.

In 2002, O ' Donohue launched a court action that argued the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the case was dismissed by the court, which found that, as the Act of Settlement is part of the Canadian constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not have supremacy over it.

* 1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.

The VwVGo is divided into five parts, which are the constitution of the courts, action, remedies and retrial, costs and enforcement15 and final clauses and temporary arrangements.

The Head of Government under the new constitution is the Premier ( prior to the new constitution the office was referred to as Chief Minister ), who is elected in a general election along with the other members of the ruling government as well as the members of the opposition.

Very democratic, it is more expansive than a normal constitution – many statutory acts in other countries are written into this constitution, like Social Security and taxes.

According to Article 91 of the constitution, the CDN is " the consultative body of the president of the republic in matters related to national sovereignty and the defense of the democratic state.

In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ( ELCIC ), the largest Lutheran Church bodies in the United States and Canada respectively and roughly based on the Nordic Lutheran state churches ( similar to that of the Church of England ), bishops are elected by Synod Assemblies, consisting of both lay members and clergy, for a term of 6 years, which can be renewed, depending upon the local synod's " constitution " ( which is mirrored on either the ELCA or ELCIC's national constitution ).

It is also largely accepted in most jurisdictions that this principle can be overridden in the company's constitution.

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.

A treaty which establishes an international organization is also its constitution, in that it would define how that organization is constituted.

Within states, whether sovereign or federated, a constitution defines the principles upon which the state is based, the procedure in which laws are made and by whom.

The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles, 12 schedules and 94 amendments, with 117, 369 words in its English language version, while the United States Constitution is the shortest written constitution, at 7 articles and 27 amendments.