PO263 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bill Of Rights 1689, Royal Assent, Legislature
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2. 1 constitutions and their functions: constitution: a set of rules that authoritatively establish both the structure and their fundamental principles of the political regime. These set of rules are called a constitution because they constitute the regime. A constitution will usually do so by performing four different functions: establish what person or persons will exercise the various forms of political authority. Legislative power is to be exercised by a parliament, a congress or an assembly. Constitution will also determine whether power will be in hands of president, prime minister, cabinet or perhaps monarch. Finally, it must establish the broad outlines of a judicial system by stipulating what type of courts the country will have: provide an authoritative division of powers between national and regionals governments in federal countries. Countries like france and britain only have one level of government. Countries that are larger or divided into distinct ethnic groups, usually have two levels of government (provincial and federal).
