relation to juristic persons, the constitutional documents (sometimes referred to as the charter documents) are the documents which define the existence of...

these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to embody a written constitution; if...

Canadian constitutional documents were enacted before Confederation, and originated from the English or British government. Those documents were received—along...

definition of "document" because they memorialize or represent thought; documents are considered more as two-dimensional representations. While documents can have...

Canada Act 1982 Canada Act 1982 on legislation.gov.uk Table of Constitutional Documents Archived April 24, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Digital Reproduction...

Canada is one of the oldest constitutional monarchies in the world. The Constitution of Canada comprises core written documents and provisions that are constitutionally...

has proven important in its interpretation. As Peter Hogg wrote in Constitutional Law of Canada, some have argued that, since the United Kingdom had some...

residual power of the government. Although this phrase is used in the constitutional documents of several commonwealth countries, it has taken on a particular...

directs the activities of the government. Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office exists in long-established convention, which stipulates...

it is subject to unilateral change by the federal government. Constitutional documents of the territory include the treaties that created it and the 1960...

government of France, have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the Second Republic. The president of the French Republic...

taking a decision for an undetermined period). There are usually strict constitutional conventions concerning when these powers may be used, and these conventions...

distribution of power may be markedly different from those the formal constitutional documents describe. In particular, the formal constitution often confers...

provincial jurisdiction over natural resources; provided for future constitutional conferences; and set out the procedures for amending the Constitution...

persuade the government of Quebec to symbolically endorse the 1982 constitutional amendments by providing for some decentralization of the Canadian federation...

Letter of Alliance (German: Bundesbrief) is one of the earliest constitutional documents of Switzerland. A treaty of alliance from 1291 between the cantons...

Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises...

the way in which the judiciary construes the law, particularly constitutional documents, legislation and frequently used vocabulary. This is an important...

Kennedy, W. P. M. (1918). Documents of the Canadian Constitution: 1759–1915. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 207. Constitutional Act of the Province of...

Oireachtas, Irish parliament, are granted privileges to perform their constitutional functions. These privileges are enshrined in Article 15 of the Constitution...

normally defined at the level of individual universities, in their constitutional documents, except for the ancient universities of Scotland (see § Scotland...

to the process of governance of the state, are carried out. In most constitutional monarchies, prerogatives can be abolished by Parliament under its legislative...

as constitutional conventions, are not written into law. Such elements are almost always written down somewhere (perhaps across multiple documents and/or...

History of Canada Territorial evolution of Canada List of documents from the constitutional history of Canada Acadian Renaissance Constitution Act, 1867...

of the Constitution itself. (see List of Canadian constitutional documents for a list of documents that make up the Constitution). Articles of Capitulation...

assemblies were introduced to both Upper Canada and Lower Canada with the Constitutional Act 1791. Many reformers thought that these assemblies should have some...

of the United States Constitution. Constitutional law in the CNMI is based upon a series of constitutional documents, the most important of which are the...

Rights, enacted in 1960, which was a federal statute rather than a constitutional document. The Bill of Rights exemplified an international trend towards...

First Constitutional Era (Ottoman Turkish: مشروطيت; Turkish: Birinci Meşrutiyet Devri) of the Ottoman Empire was the period of constitutional monarchy...

Government of Sri Lanka, have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the creation of the office. The president appoints the Prime...