Constitution of Morrawia
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Constitution of Morrawia | |
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Jurisdiction | Republic of Morrawia |
Created | 24th January 1859 |
Presented | 30th January 1859 |
Ratified | 1st March 1860 |
Date effective | 1st March 1860 |
System | Constitutional presidential federal democracy |
Branches | 3 |
Chambers | Bicameral |
Executive | President of Morrawia |
Judiciary | Supreme Court of Morrawia, Council of State, Constitutional Tribunal, Federal Precint Courts, Federal District Courts |
Federalism | Federation |
Electoral college | No |
Entrenchments | 5 |
First legislature | 12th June 1860 |
First executive | 21th June 1860 |
First court | 1st January 1861 |
Amendments | 47 |
Last amended | 8th November 2008 |
Location | National Museum of Morrawia |
Commissioned by | Federal Congress of Morrawia |
Author(s) | Constitutional Convention - mainly Wladislaw Marwan |
Signatories | 55 of the 84 representatives |
Media type | A bundle of 5 books |
Supersedes | Articles of Federation |
The Constitution of Morrawia, officialy The Constitution of the Republic of Morrawia is the supreme law of the Republic of Morrawia. It superseded the Articles of Federation, the nation's first constitution, which was passed as the temporary document in 1856. Consisting of 5 books, it serves as the primary legal document of Morrawia, from which all other documents are based off of. The first book is about general provisions, which specified land integrity, basics of the system in use and laid groundworks for all the other constitutional books. This book also specifies how the constitution can be amended. The second book´s main topic is legal powers of the legislative and judicial branches of the government. It also specifies the framework of said branches and established elections. The third book is all about presidential powers and boundries. It outlines basic powers, gives room for how to add new ones and limit the existing ones. The book also specifies powers, which can never become presidential. The fourth book talks about individual rights, liberties and duties of citizens and sets boundries on all three. The big part of this book is establishing of the system, that would prevent fundamental rights being taken away. The fifth and last book deals with protection of national, ethnic, religious, racial and other minorities. It binds Morrawia with this duty in order to prevent abuse of powers and usage of those powers on certain groups of citizens in the nation.
Since the constitution was ratified in 1860, it has been amended 47 times. The first 7 amendments, appearing in the document called Bill of Rights were designed to be the first legal reforms improving or specifing certain sections of the Constitution as well as complementing the Standards used in the Bill of Rights guaranteeing rights, liberties and unchangeble privileges of living in the democratic society. Other 40 amendments seek to embed certain rights, enhance the system or resolve uncertain passages of law. Amendments to the Morrawian Constitution, unlike ones made to many constitutions worldwide, are written as bills, passed by Federal Congress and aphended into the Constitution.