Zusammenfassung der Ressource
(3) Purpose
of a constition
- Provides Legitimacy to those in power
- It can give the non demotic states
appearance of legality
- Protect freedom
- They restrain the behaviour of those in
office and define and limits of their powers.
- Encourage governmental stability
- They introduce a degree of order and predictability
into government arrangements
- Draws attention to the
Goals and values that
characterise a
particular state.
- a commitment to the
rights of man
- Set out the relative spheres of influence of
the central and regional tiers of
government. In countries which have a
federal system
- US. Each state will also have its own constitution
- Can help create a fresh start,
especially after a war or
defeated regime