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constitutionalism

[ UK /kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃənəlˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)
  2. advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles

How To Use constitutionalism In A Sentence

  • In that work, Smith analyzes more than 1000 judicial opinions on citizenship, exploring the liberal, republican, and racist/ascriptive strands in American constitutionalism. Empirical Studies in Law
  • The full exposition of his constitutionalism, presented in and around his analysis of the English constitution in book 11, develops these seeds.
  • From the perspective of promoting human rights, is it desirable for the judiciary to have donned the didactic roles of pedagogues for democracy and constitutionalism?
  • The very diffuseness and decentralization of popular constitutionalism left room for these advocates of judicial supremacy to continue to nurse their claim.
  • The task of a progressive constitutionalism is the task of understanding that the Constitution can be better -- no, * is* better -- than those in power want it to be. Balkinization
  • Its objects were the training of the youth, the future electorate of England, in the doctrines of Imperialism, Constitutionalism and sound civicism, as understood by the intellectual Conservatives. The Fortunate Youth
  • So to be more precise, one of the most difficult unsolved problems in American constitutionalism – perhaps a constitutional “abeyance” or silence – is what a president is supposed to do with an act (presumably passed over a veto) that directly encroaches on presidential power. Balkinization
  • His constitutionalism is grounded on a strong theory of the rule of law defined by. adherence to the constitution as the supreme law of the land.
  • More concretely, the Equal Protection Clause, along with the rest of the Fourteenth Amendment, marked a great shift in American constitutionalism.
  • The corporate state they are working to create is formally based on democratic rhetoric, constitutionalism, and free elections, but it is profoundly anti-democratic in practice.
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