Word: constitutionism
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The very existence of Kathputli is testament to both the legacy of the caste system, and India's cultural melting pot. People of the same caste historically shared the same job and community, working and living together, raising one another's children, passing on their trade to the next generation...
1 MAJORITY Justice Anthony Kennedy "To hold that the political branches may switch the Constitution on or off at will ... [would lead] to a regime in which they, not this court, say 'what the law is.'"
7 | Kosovo New Charter, Old Problems Kosovo's new constitution came into force on June 15, four months after the former Serbian province declared its independence. But Kosovo's path to autonomous statehood remains rocky. While some 40 countries have recognized Kosovo's secession, Serbia and ally Russia oppose its...
• 58% of Japanese citizens oppose changing the constitution to allow the nation to establish a military. Such a change would overturn the government's policy of not having a traditional military, an edict that was established following the end of World War II.
Some officials say it will simply be business as usual in the E.U. The treaty, like the abortive constitution that preceded it, was often defended on the grounds that the E.U.'s half-century old institutions, designed for a dozen states, couldn't cope with a membership that has burgeoned...