Constitution and Constitutionalism
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

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    What does a normative definition of constitution involve?

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