I knew that the US has the shortest written constitution but another wiki fact confused me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution
It says that constitution of Monaco has the shortest written constitution, containing 10 chapters with 97 articles and a total of 3814 words. On the other hand, the US constitution contains "4400 words" which is definitely greater than the words written in Monaco's constitution i.e, 3814 words. So can anyone tell me whether the wiki fact is the updated one or the US constitution still is the shortest written constitution in the world?
Apart from this, do you know what is the name of your country's parliament? Is it called Parliament or anything else in the native language like India's is called "Sansad"? And what's its type(Unicameral or Bicameral) like India's is Bicameral?
Any other information would be greatly appreciated:)
** This discussion is based on just to know the fact(general knowledge), I don't think there is any political content attached to it!
I don't want to work too hard at this because it's one of these questions that is a matter of definition. The "United States Constitution" as it exists today consists of a "preamble," eight "articles" (I through VIII), and 27 "amendments," of which the first ten are considered as a group and called "the Bill of Rights." Not only have amendments been added to the Constitution over time, but the text within the articles themselves has changed.
So, the length of the United States Constitution depends on what parts you count, and in what year you are looking at it. If the amendments are considered to be "part of" the Constitution, then it is much longer than "the Constitution" as it was ratified in 1789. (Or maybe 1790).
If you are seriously curious, you might try emailing [email protected] . The Constitution Center is a museum in Philadelphia whose mission is to educate people about the US Constitution.
The "parliament" of the United States is called Congress. It consists of two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives. There is a very rough parallel to the "bicameral" structure of the British Parliament, with the House of Representatives, like the House of Commons, representing the will of the people. The Senate is a little harder to explain. Unlike the House of Lords, we do not have titles of nobility in the United States--it's prohibited by the Constitution. Each state in the United States has a great deal of independence and autonomy, and the Senate represents the interests of the states.
The Senate and the House operate by sets of "rules of order" that parallel those of the British Parliament. Most deliberative government bodies operate by somewhat similar sets of rules. We refer to them collectively as "parliamentary procedure."
This is a quite tough discussion for me because I know very little about it so I search some information. In China's constitution there're a preface and 4 chapters with 138 articles and a total of 16499 characters. China practise democratic centralism, not parliament.
Do you know the law students need to recite and memorize constitution?
Thanks @Fenfen for the information! Yes, they have to because they are the garden of the law:)
Thanks @Michael for the information!
Thanks @Dan for the interesting information as always and for the address to the Constitution center, I will try to send them a mail to know a bit more about the US constitution. After all, Indian constitution has taken the "fundamental right" concept from the US constitution!
