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Category: European Constitutional Law

  • Constitutional Text: Australia 1900, Amended 1927

    CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA JULY 9, 1900, AS AMENDED TO JULY 29, 1977 Chapter I The Parliament Part I General 1. Legislative power The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Parliament, which shall consist of the Queen, a Senate, and a House of […]

  • Constitutional Text: Argentina 1994

    CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, […]

  • Constitutional Text: Algeria 1963, Amended 2002

    CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA SEPTEMBER 10, 1963, AS AMENDED TO APRIL 10, 2002 Preamble The Algerian people are a free people, and decided to remain so. Its history is a long series of struggles that always made Algeria a land of freedom and dignity. Being at the […]

  • Constitutional Text: Finland 1919, Amendments 1930,1934,1937,1944, 1947 and 1948

    1930 AMENDMENT TO FINLAND’S CONSTITUTION OF 1919 NOVEMBER 18, 1930 Number 337 Act on Amending 7 § of the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki the 18th day of November 1930 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67§ of the Procedures of […]

  • Constitutional Text: Czechoslovakia 1920, Amended 1926

    1926 AMENDMENT TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 OCTOBER 15, 1925 217/1925 Coll. LAW of 15 October 1925 that implements Art. 105 of the Constitutional Charter (Law No. 121/1920 Coll. of 29 February 1920) The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic has enacted the following Law: § […]

  • Constitutional Text: Marocco 1972, Amended 1996

    CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO MARCH 10, 1972, AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER 7, 1996 Preamble An Islamic and fully sovereign state whose official language is Arabic, the Kingdom of Morocco constitutes a part of the Great Arab Maghreb. As an African state, it has, among its objectives, the […]

  • Constitutional Text: Indonesia 1945, Amended 2002

    CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AUGUST 18, 1945, AS AMENDED TO AUGUST 10, 2002 The Preamble to the Constitution Whereas independence is the inalienable right of all nations, therefore, all colonialism must be abolished in this world as it is not in conformity with humanity and […]

  • Constitutional Texts Sources

    Constitutional Texts Sources in Europe There are two principal comparative sources for a majority of texts. Peaslee (1950-1974) and Flanz and Blaustein — and their successors Grote and Wolfrum – (1971-current) have compiled English translations of constitutions for an exhaustive set of […]

  • Harmonisation in the European Union

    This may mean bringing national laws into line with one another, very often in order to remove national barriers that obstruct the free movement of workers, goods, services and capital. In other words, harmonisation means making sure that, on any particular issue for which the EU has […]

  • Maastricht criteria

    Maastricht criteria in Europe These are five criteria that determine whether an EU country is ready to adopt the euro. They relate to: Price stability: The inflation rate should be no more than 1.5 percentage points above the rate for the three EU countries with the lowest inflation over […]