constitutionalism Definition
con·sti·tu·tion·al·ism (--s̸hə nəl iz′əm)
noun
- government according to a constitution
- adherence to constitutional principles or government
constitutionalism Related Forms
con′·sti·tu′·tion·al·ist noun
constitutionalism Usage Examples
Converse of object
- concern: Of course, his analysis is not limited to those views just mentioned but rather expands to a plethora of opinions concerning constitutionalism.
- promote: These positions, established in order to promote comparative constitutionalism, involved advice on conflicts of laws, and external relations of State bodies.
Adjective modifier
- democratic: Moreover, from the start they have had an inseparable relation to the development of democratic constitutionalism.
- liberal: All these accounts support a broadly social democratic policy: 'mixed economy ' , progressive taxation, welfare state, liberal constitutionalism.
- European: She paused on some of the issues which have arisen over the course of the longer term debate about European constitutionalism.
- American: The first model derives from the main tradition of American constitutionalism, at least since Chief Justice Marshall's reasoning in Marbury v. Madison.
- modern: Walter Berns, John M. Olin University Professor emeritus at Georgetown University, investigates the history of modern constitutionalism, or limited government.
- comparative: These positions, established in order to promote comparative constitutionalism, involved advice on conflicts of laws, and external relations of State bodies.
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