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The Magna Carta §
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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The Declaration of Independence §
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The Articles of Confederation §
The Constitution of the United States of America
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United Nations Declaration of Human Rights §
Legacy: From the Constitutions of eleven Nations
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- It is impossible to
understand the politics and activities of our day without an understanding
of the history behind them. It is not only the right, but the responsibility,
of a citizen to seek to understand one's government, one's relationship to it,
and that government's relationship to the larger world. All governments, and
all societies, are based on a system of laws. A constitution is a formal
charter stating the laws of a nation and communicating that nation's structure,
standards, and intentions, not only to its citizens, but to the larger world.
The modern constitution is a device to express the foundations of the life and
business of a political nation. It lends credibility to a government and
defines how that government represents its people. Here is an exploration of
recent documents that form our idea of what a constitution should be, and some
of the constitutions that resulted.
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