Essays on Constitution

The Constitution of the United States established our government and the laws we have today, and also promised basic rights for its citizens. In 1787, delegates from twelve states met together to try and come up with something to make the Articles of Confederation stronger....

How did the Constitution guard against tyranny? Essay on this question shows how the Constitution helps keep our country in order. It has laws to keep us safe, it gives of the freedom of speech, and all of our basic rights. We also have to...

Question 1 The Framers of the Constitution chose a Federal system for several reasons. Possibly, the most justified reason would be that the framers knew that there would be threats posed to individuals freedom. As we all know, federalism includes that national and state governments...

To be effectively composed a Parliament, there should be a proper electoral system in the country for the citizens to elect their governors. The existence of electoral system is to allow the people to elect their governors of the finest achievements of democracy. There must...

Rule of Law has always been championed as one of the building blocks on which the modern society rests. Derived from the French phrase ‘La Principe de Legality’, which translates to the principle of legality, it refers to a government based on principles of law...

How and why is federalism enshrined in the constitution? Federalism refers to the relationship between the central government and the individual state governments, their share of power and responsibilities is written into the constitution. One way in which federalism is enshrined in the constitution is...

A written constitution is a formal document defining the nature of the constitutional settlement, the rules that govern the political system and the rights of citizens and governments in a codified form. The UK’s constitution is not written in a single document but derives from...

Sovereign states all over the world are governed by a constitution, which underpins the laws of the country. Most countries have a written constitution such as USA, Canada and France while the UK, Israel and New Zealand distinctly possess an unwritten constitution. A written constitution...

The Bahamas is a constitutional government identifying Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. She is exemplified to by a Governor-General selected on the appeal of the government department. The state is a democratic legislative system with a bicameral parliamentary body. The Legislature has...

Legislative Department Every state and the federal administrative region shall have a unicameral legislature. Every state legislature shall be composed of three (3) representative for each province and each city located within the territorial boundaries of the state who shall be elected by the members...

James Madison of Virginia is historically known for being one of the Founding Fathers of the United States as well as being the individual who drafted the United States Constitution. The Constitution, which was adopted in 1789, is historically and politically the most significant document...

The idea of Rule of Law is one of the integral building blocks of a Modern democratic society. Furthermore, the laws are made for the welfare of the people to maintain peace and harmony between the conflicting forces in society. Moreover, one of the prime...

History of Hong Kong The history of Hong Kong is a very interesting and unique one. However, due to the limited scope of this paper, only a brief overview will be provided. From 1842 to 1997, Hong Kong was a British colony. Firstly, Britain gained...

For the more than 100 years after the ratification of the Fourth Amendment, it was of little value to criminal defendants because evidence seized by law enforcement in violation of the warrant or reasonableness requirements was still admissible during the defendant’s prosecution. The U.S. Supreme...

Abstract This paper’s goal is to provide an overview of the Patriot Act in order to provide an understanding of what it does and how one can come to a proper conclusion or recommendation for the Act itself. It will focus on the origin of...

The term ‘Written Constitution’ is often, indeed, usually used somewhat misleadingly. Most of the constitutional rules of the United Kingdom are already written down in statutory form. It is not as if there is some court of elders gathering around a campfire making constitutional rulings...

Question TMA 2 The case study preferred to Shahida, a fashion designer, who is in dispute with a local art gallery, Benjamin’s Looking Glass. The dispute is about Shahida taking legal action against the art gallery for selling her a wrong piece of painting, due...

The Constitution works because of the balance between the three branches of the government, and the amendments that can change the Constitution. The three branches of the constitution are the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches. These branches are kept equal to power by checks and...

The 13th amendment of the United States Constitution was ratified in the year 1865 by president Abraham Lincoln makes it unconstitutional for a person to be held as a slave. There is one exception to this, a loophole that nullifies prisoners to this amendment. With...

The right to life is the basic right that a person has the privilege not to be killed by another individual. The idea of right to life is vital to arguments on the issues of abortion, the death penalty, euthanasia, self-defence and war. As per...

With all of the racial issues going on around the world, there has been an abundance of issues regarding freedom of speech. The first amendment of the Constitution declares that all citizens of the United States has the freedom of speech, excluding threats, child pornography...

Word Preamble came from the Latin word “praeambulus” which means “walking before.” The preamble is a primarily introductory statement to the constitution which was set up for guiding fundamental values, principles, and philosophy on which the constitution is based. When preamble broken into elements, each...

Judicial History: North Carolina inmates sued in federal district court. The inmates alleged that the state’s failure to accommodate them with legal research facilities revoked them access to the courts in infringement of the fourteenth amendment. The district courts admitted the inmates’ motion for summary...

The creation of the constitution took place in Philadelphia of the year 1787. The point at issue was that the existing government that was under the Articles Of Confederation was very ineffective. Hence, the fifty-five men representing the thirteen states came together to redo our...

The Preamble to the Constitution contains powerful language that is the bedrock of American political tradition. The opening line: We the People of the United States proclaims that the states remain in a unity and that they are not independent of one another. With these...

A law can be defined as a system of rules that are “enforced to govern behavior”. Laws have been around for hundreds of years and without them the U.S and other countries would be chaotic. There are changes constantly being made to improve current laws...

HE Philippine Constitution of 1987, Chapter 1, section 2, mentioned that the state shall recognize, respect and pro- tect the rights of the indigenous people and to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions and institution. In Re- Public Act (RA) 8371, known as Indigenous Peoples...

Political Science Exam 1 Question 1 a) The Framers of the Constitution chose a Federal system for several reasons. Possibly, the most justified reason would be that the framers knew that there would be threats posed to individuals freedom. As we all know, federalism includes...

This essay argues various aspects of constitutional and contract law. This discussion continues in four sections. The first section explains the nature of constitutional law including its originations, by what rights are laws made, and who interprets the laws. A discussion of seminal constitutional and...

Dismissing most of the instances of counter-majoritarian interventions by the Courts as marginal, it has been argued that the principled core to the countermajoritarian difficulty has been understood in overstated terms; the factoring in of the Court’s ability to align itself with public opinion feeds...