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What is a constitution according to Lord Bolingbroke?
What is a constitution according to Lord Bolingbroke?
- The set of the most important rules and common understandings in any given country
- Rules or institutions that regulate the relations among governing institutions
- A judgment based on evaluation and reasoning
- An assemblage of laws, institutions and customs derived from fixed principles of reason (correct)
According to Anthony King, what does the word 'constitution' refer to?
According to Anthony King, what does the word 'constitution' refer to?
- The set of the most important rules and common understandings in any given country
- Rules or institutions that regulate the relations among governing institutions (correct)
- The general system according to which the community agreed to be governed
- The best constitution based on maximum number of rights provided
What is the difference between descriptive and normative definitions of constitutions?
What is the difference between descriptive and normative definitions of constitutions?
- Both types of definitions involve evaluation and judgment
- Both types of definitions only involve description
- Normative definitions involve evaluation or judgment, while descriptive definitions only involve description (correct)
- Descriptive definitions involve evaluation or judgment, while normative definitions only involve description
Under what situations do constitutions arise?
Under what situations do constitutions arise?
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What does a normative definition of constitution involve?
What does a normative definition of constitution involve?
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