Constitutions

Abstract

The constitution of a country is the body of rules and practices which regulate its government. It lays down the distribution of powers and duties among the various organs of government and their officers. Some constitutions are highly elaborate documents that set out moral, religious, social, political and economic objectives; but constitutions are mainly concerned with how, rather than what, decisions are to be made and enforced. Constitutions rarely contain every important factor in the governmental process. Political parties and the method of election of the legislature, for example, are often omitted.