Understanding Constitutions
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What process is used in the United States to review the constitutionality of subsequent legislation?

  • Judicial construction (correct)
  • Presidential oversight
  • Legislative review
  • Statutory elaboration
  • In what way has the rigidity of the United States Constitution's written format been counterbalanced?

  • By royal decrees
  • Via statutory elaboration (correct)
  • By executive orders
  • Through constitutional conventions
  • What typically happens when a country with a written constitution lacks a commitment to its principles and civil justice?

  • It leads to rapid reversals of power (correct)
  • It sparks legal revolutions
  • It establishes strong democratic norms
  • It becomes a permanent gesture
  • Which leader failed to formally abolish the constitution of the Weimar Republic?

    <p>Adolf Hitler</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have many newly independent countries of Asia and Africa adopted since the 1960s, often modeling them after American, British, or French constitutions?

    <p>Written constitutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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