Constitutional Law, Constitutionalism and Democracy

Nicholas Sunday

may 2013 · GRIN Verlag

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Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, , language: English, abstract: Constitutionalism form the core of good government in the modern democratic world to check on the powers of the different organs of government and the protection of liberty and fundamental rights of individuals within that sovereign territory. All efforts are made by the developed and the developing countries in upholding the rule of law, which are quaranteed through the constitution, to promote democracy for a just and fair society. However, good the notion of the constitution is, there are different definitions applied by different stakeholders on the notion of what forms a good democratic polity and good constitution and constitutionalism. It is against this background that an elaborate research has been conducted by the author of the subject matter as part of the requirement in the award of Doctor of Juridical Science