Constitution

Civic Education

TYPES OF CONSTITUTIONS

TYPES OF CONSTITUTIONS

The various types of constitutions include:

Written Constitution: These are the laws of the country that are found in a single document (book) at a particular time. E.g. Nigeria 1999 constitution.
Unwritten constitution: This is when all the important law of a country are found in many documents (but not in a single document). The Great Britain operations an unwritten constitution.
Flexible Constitution: This is when the process of amending a constitution is not difficult/complicated.

Civic Education

CONSTITUTION (DEFINITION/SOURCES/IMPORTANCE)

CONSTITUTION (DEFINITION/SOURCES/IMPORTANCE)

A constitution means a set of rules and regulations that guides the behavior of the state and its citizens. It also means a set of laws, principles, rules and regulations which determines how a country is ruled or governed.

Every community, organisation or society has some rules and regulations that guide the activities/behaviours of their members. So also in the class, school, state and the country at large. However, all these rules are made by the people who come together to provide/make the law o as to make the society stable and also promote peace and development.