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constitutionalism
Sign in to saveConstitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law".
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- Definition
- Descriptive
- Prescriptive
- Constitutionalism vis-à-vis Constitution
- Core features
- Fundamental law and legitimacy of government
- Civil rights and liberties
- Criticisms
- Constitutionalism by nations
- United States
- Descriptive
- Prescriptive
- United Kingdom
- Descriptive
- Prescriptive
- Japan
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Descriptive
- Prescriptive
- Dominican Republic
- Islamic states
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law".
Political organizations are constitutional to the extent that they "contain institutionalized mechanisms of power control for the protection of the interests and liberties of the citizenry, including those that may be in the minority". As described by political scientist and constitutional scholar David Fellman: