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What is Constitutional Government
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What is Constitutional Government
Limits the power of Government in These Areas
Melissa Todd
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Higher Law 5 Characteristics
1. Citizens rights can not unfairly deprive us of our right to freedom of speech
2. cannot take a persons property without for payment
3.Must give persons accused of a crime a fair trial
1. Lists the basic right of citizens to life, liberty, and property
2. Established the responsibility of the government to protect those rights
3. Limits how the people in government can use their powers
4. Established private domain
5. it can only be changed with consent of the citizens and procedures
No Limit On Government Power?
Defining Constitution
- autocratic government
- dictatorial government
- Framework for a government
- Tell how the government is organized and run
- Most are in writing (United States and south Africa have a written constitution)
- some are partly written and unwritten (Britain)
- others are not written AT ALL
Constitutional Government
Higher Law
- just because a country has a Constitution dose not mean it a Constitutional Government
- - Constitutional Government- when the powers of a person of a group are limited
- for example our Constitution limits the powers of the courts
- means in legal systems, a set of laws such as a constitution, is superior to other laws
- MUST be obeyed by the people running the government
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