2. CONSTITUTION IS DEFINED AS:
• A constitution is "the body of those
written or unwritten
fundamental laws which regulate the most
important rights of the
higher magistrates and the most
important essential privileges
of the subjects."
7. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Historical and Revolutionary
Those constitutions which
develop gradually according
to the
experiences, customs, and
traditions of the people.
8. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Those constitutions which
are founded on speculative
assumptions
remote from the experiences
of the people
A Priori
12. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Unwritten Constitution
• An unwritten constitution is one in which
most of the principles of the government
have never been enacted in the form of
laws. It consists of customs, conventions,
traditions, and some written laws bearing
different dates. It is unsystematic, indefinite
and un-precise. Such a constitution is not
the result of conscious and deliberate
efforts of the people.