1. What is the primary legal function of a constitution within a society?
2. Under Article 16 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, when does a society lack a constitution?
3. What distinction does Benjamin Constant make between constitutional rules and constitutional law?
What is the supreme legal norm of a society?
The Constitution.
What does the Constitution define besides protecting rights?
The separation of powers.
What does Article 16 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man state about a society without guaranteed rights?
It has no Constitution.
According to Article 16, what must a society have besides guaranteed rights to have a Constitution?
A determined separation of powers.
What does Benjamin Constant accept about the Constitution?
It contains all constitutional rules.
What does Benjamin Constant reject about constitutional law?
That it consists only of the constitutional text.
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