ISS 225 Chapter Notes -List Of Amendments To The United States Constitution, Northwest Ordinance
26 Feb 2014
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Before the 18th century the word meant the general system of laws, customs and institutions relating to a nation. But this changed after the american and french revolutions. Now it is a social contract drafted by a representative assembly and ratified by a special procedure for determining public consent. A constitution was the act of people constituting the government. It created a basic law and was the source of governmental power and authority. Democratic political and constitutional systems do not remain static, they incorporated considerable political experience from the past and has been growing and developing ever since. Several theories have come about but basically. Our founding fathers deliberately made our basic law difficult to amend. Basic law does not permit change merely because momentary political passion carries away a simple majority of the people. The framers also said the document in such a way as to allow for modern judicial interpretation of some of its vague clauses.
