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    In the modern world, both the Iroquois Constitution and US Constitution pertain to many areas regarding personal and government affairs; however, one has almost been abandoned while the other is still alive and thriving. Both Constitutions are controversial; moreover, one can find many similarities and differences among them through the features of human equality, personal rights, and security of self and state. Each document has more to it than what meets the eye, therefore, by comparing and contrasting

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    Iroquois and United States constitutions have very analogous ideas, but also have very distinct differences as well. The Great Law of Peace (Iroquois constitution) dates back from the fifteenth century and were created by the Iroquois confederacy. Columbus didn’t arrive in America until 1492 and even then it took them a long period of time to establish themselves in the new country. Meaning the Iroquois constitution initially came to existence before the United States constitution came into place. When

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    Iroquois and United States Constitution Each constitution has its own laws and rules, constitutions have been around for years. Every government needs a constitution to survive, or it would be chaos. No one would have rules or laws to follow, which would be madness. Even though the Iroquois Constitution helped build the United States (U.S.) Constitution, it does not mean that they are identical. Both of these constitutions have some alikes and differences. The Iroquois Constitution is written in a very

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    one of the only three regions which establish an uncodified constitution, which means its content is not written in a single document called the constitution. However, it has long been criticized that the constitution is ambiguous and uncertain. The main criteria of deciding to choose a codified or uncodified constitution is that which one would make the British constitution more effective. In this essay, I will focus on the constitution convention part and royal prerogative power part and discuss

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    Failure of Parliamentary System under 1956 Constitution The Constitution of 1956 proved to be very short lived as on October 7, 1958, Marital Law was imposed on the country and the constitution was abrogated. Lack of Leadership played a huge role in the failure of the constitution of 1956 and because of this, Pakistan never found its way to development of its parliamentary system. There was lack of political training in the country as well. Many political parties were made without any specific political

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    In the constitution there are 5 principles and 6 goals. The founders put these goals and principles in the constitution because they deemed them important. There’re multiple procedures for making governmental decisions at the local, state, and national levels. The 5 principles of the constitution consist of popular sovernty, Limited government, and the separation of powers. Popular sovernty takes place when people vote, this is to keep a dictatorship from happening. The separation of powers consists

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    suppressed or their powers curtailed. In democratic systems, the rule of law assumes law can be separated from politics, this is demonstrated in the Australian Constitution. The Australian Constitution is supreme, authoritative law which the Commonwealth of Australia operates by. Fundamental to the rule of law within the Australian Constitution is the doctrine of the separation of powers. The separation of powers requires that government be divided into three branches: the legislature, the executive

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    The general public did not create, ‘We, the people’, but by 50 or so white men who owned property. The Athenian democracy followed a similar rule; to be on the Athenian senate, one had to be a male who owned property and was not a slave. This trend has been seen throughout the western world in establishing democracies; the hegemonic power controls the laws of the state. But now, with technology, we are able to empower the disenfranchised and have a more equal representation. And with more holistic

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    states of America daily. Since I have not identified these documents thoroughly, I'll tell you that the well-respected documents are The Holy Bible and the Constitution of America. It makes sense that The Holy Bible is one of the great documents because you can't go wrong with the truth, and all of the Bible is true. On another thought, the Constitution has been sustaining this nation for two-hundred and twenty-seven years, and I believe that good things have happened because of its guidance. A few

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    speech. These fundamental beliefs were traced back to the traditions of the English Common Law and the English Constitution. After the American Revolution the first amendment took the form of a collection of fundamental rights contained within State Constitutions. In response to a lack of national power and unity the form of U.S. Government was altered. The newly ratified U.S. Constitution created a form of government of with three branches with stronger enumerated powers. While the new structure a

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