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Distinguish between a Codified and an Uncodified constitution.
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What is a constitution? A constitution is a set of rules that seek to establish the duties, powers and functions of the various institutions of government, regulate the relationships between them, and define the relationship between the state and the individual. Constitutions thus lay down certain meta-rules for the political system; in effect, these are rules that rule the government. The most common way of classifying constitutions is to distinguish between codified and uncodified, or written and unwritten constitutions. Its purpose is to regulate the relationship between citizens and those institutions and persons which for a time control their lives in whole or in part, reflecting commonly held views of equity, culture, religion, tradition and history. Laws of constitutional significance are not entrenched: they may be changed through the normal legislative process. The parliament has the right to make or unmake any law what so ever, no body, including the courts, having the...
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