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andfillinthemissingwords.;re-reading;Thecoreofanationsnationalphilosophyisusuallyexpressedinitsconstitution.Insomecountries,suchastheUnitedStates,thenationspoliticalphilosophyhasbeensetdowninasinglewrittendocument.Inothercountries,suchasGreatBritain,thesubstanceofthenationspoliticalphilosophyconsistsofseparatelawsandjudicialdecisionsmadeoverhundredsofyears.ThusGreatBritains“constitution”issimplyallthoselawsandcourtopinionsthatarestillinforce.;

Regardlessofwhetheracountrysconstitutionisfoundinasingledocumentorinmany,itisusuallyextendedthroughinterpretation,customs,andtraditions.

Toendureoveraperiodoftime,awrittendocumentmustcontainthoughtandlanguagesoflexibleastobeinterpreteddifferentlybysucceedinggenerationstomeetnewgovernmentalrequirements,changesinsocialcustoms,andtechnologicaladvances.;

Thisdoesnotmeanthataparticularprinciplestatedinaconstitutionwillbeignoredwhenitisnolongerneeded.Itmeanstheprinciplewillsimplyberedefinedtofitthenewsituationsastheycomeintobeing.Forthisreason,interpretationofaconstitutionisoftenasimportantastheformaldocumentitself.;

TheUnitedStatesConstitutionisaleandocumentthathasbeenexpandedsubstantiallyboththroughjudicialinterpretationandpoliticalpractice.Astheoldestwrittenconstitutioninexistence,ithasprovedwellabletowithstandthetestoftime.Thereare7articlesand27amendmentsinTheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica(WollBinstock1984:574).;

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