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OOC: I am currently writing up a constitution for Daistallia. I am interested in seeing other constitutions people here have created. I haven*t had fun with constitutions since my senior thesis equivilant class in constitutional design at university. :D

IC: After the recent preliminary elections, one of this governments first goals is the calling of a Constitutional convention to establish a perminant framework of government. We would like to call on other nations for their experience in this area.

Ling Sai, chairman of the constitutional convention

OOC: I am currently writing up a constitution for Daistallia. I am interested in seeing other constitutions people here have created. I haven*t had fun with constitutions since my senior thesis equivilant class in constitutional design at university. :D

IC: After the recent preliminary elections, one of this governments first goals is the calling of a Constitutional convention to establish a perminant framework of government. We would like to call on other nations for their experience in this area.

Ling Sai, chairman of the constitutional convention

Constitution? This unworthy one would suggest that you keep a tighter reign on your populace. Why let the muscle cells have a voice when the brain is designed for that roll? Surely subordinate cells will make flawed decisions and lead you astray.

-Chief Diplomat Shen-ji Geudtr

Here is a copy of our consitution/chater...


Prologue
We, the elected represenatives of the people of the Aztec National League, have unaminoulsy agreed that the Articles of Confederation have become too troublesome to the agendas of the political enites of the governement and hereby disolve the confederate bonds that kept the states of the ANL together. We declare that the government is now a United Socialist Republic of States, a country that is truely ran by the people and of the people...



Article I: Disolving of the Confederation and implementing a Soviet Republic:
As soon as this charter is ratified, the Articles of Confederation are null and void, effectly disolving the Confederacy. Immediatly after the confederation has been disolved, the new government shall be put into effect. The peso de confederato will be replaced by the new currency, the Aqua Mica.

Article II: The new powers of the Federal government:
The federal government will have almost limitless powers in controling the nation. The government will be handed over almost all state powers and will gain the power to control commerce, industry and development. The Federal government will also take full reponsibilties for education, healthcare and social wellfare. The military will also be controled by the Federal government.

Article III: Governmental Structure:
There will be four main bodies in the government, the Executive division, which consists of the High Chief and High Lord; the legislative division, which is the democratically elected parlament; the Supreme Court; and the people of the ANL.

The sub-groups are Ministry of Eduation, Ministry of Public Health and Fitness, Ministry of Social Welfare, Ministry of War, Ministry of Peace (Diplomatic tool), Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Labor.

Article IV: Relations with other, non-communist countries:
We will continue peaceful diplomatic relationships with all nations. We will not force our idealologies onto any one and will try to maintain a peaceful existance.

Provisions:
1. The right to free speech and religion is guarneteed to all residents of the ANL.
2. The government does not have the right to snoop on it's citizens unless it is deemed neccicary to.
3. The government will not tell you how to live your personal life.
4. All citizens are eligable to vote by the time they are 16.
5. Unless in times of emergancy, we will not draft people into the military.
6. Corporations will be tightly regulated, industry will be controled by the government and deveolpment will be done by the government also.
7. Immigration is open to all.
8. All citizens have the right to an free education, have universal healthcare, however, all citizens are encouraged to live a healthy, fit life.

Kelvini Constitution:

The Imperatrix's Word is Law

current constitution: (only 50 percent complete)


Preamble
The philopolitan people hereby declare the nation of philopolis, in the best interest of freedom, to be independent and free from any foreign power. May it be a self governing, prospering nation of peace.

Article I
the official title shall be "The Emperorate of Philopolis"
the official language shall be english
the national animal shall be the philopolitan fairy
the official currency shall be the philopolitan zenny
the national emblem shall be the blade of philopolis
the motto of philopolis shall be "the necessity of evil is for good people to do nothing"

Article II


Article III
Philopolis shall view all of it's citizens equally despite gender, race, religious belief, sexual preference, political opinion, wealth or age with the exception of convicted criminals. no celebrities shall exist within philopolis. philopolis shall exercise equality before the law. slavery and involuntary servitude is banned within the nation. no matter the individual, all philopolis citizens are subject to the law.

Article IV
any legal philopolis citizen may vote and/or run for governmental positions. one wishing to vote must be a legal citizen of philopolis for at least the past eight years. the national age of sufferage shall be sixteen years of age.

Article V
everybody has the right to exercise his/her chosen beliefs. however, church shall have no influence whatsoever in/on government.

Article VII
The Emperor of Philopolis shall be the leader of the philopolian government.

Article VIII
the Imperial Council of Philopolis shall be composed of six consuls, each elected by the people every six years to serve an unlimited term.

the first consul shall head the chambers of human rights, animal rights and health
the second consul shall head the chambers of commerce and international trade
the third consul shall head the chambers of defence
the fourth consul shall head the chambers of energy and transportation
the fifth consul shall head the chambers of agriculture and shelter
the sixth consul shall head the chamber of foreign affairs

each Consul is to be the emperor's representitive to and from their designated chambers

Article IX
congress shall consist of the senate and the assembly.

the senate of philopolis shall consist of four senators from each philopolitan property, each senator elected by the people every four years and may serve an unlimited term. no individual may assume the position of senator unless (s)he has attained to the age of twenty-five.

Article X
the assembly of philopolis shall consist of five-hundred assemblymen, each assemblyman elected by the people every three years and may serve an unlimited term. no individual may assume the position of assemblyman unless (s)he has attained to the age of twenty.

Article X

Article XII
the philopolian legal system shall follow the principals of Lex Talionis in which the convicted criminal(s)' retribution shall match the equality and magnitude of the crime(s) comitted.

Article XI
the philopolis military shall consist of four branches; the army, navy, air force and the space gendarmery. the national military age shall be eighteen years of age. the military availability age shall be sixteen years of age to fifty years of age. the emperor is to be the commander of the armed forces.

Neat idea, I never thought of really doing that. I'll see what I can do to draw one up in a few days! BTW, off subject, anyone have any idea whatever happend to the proposal of having a nation have its own Anthem as a setting?

Message from the RCO Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Greetings. Oakeshottland's government is a parliamentary system which relies heavily on its unwritten constitution, formed over many centuries of common law and the like. As such, there is no formal consitution in the Royal Commonwealth. Sorry we could not be of more assistance.

With Respect,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Home Office, Royal Commonwealth of Oakeshottland.

Here is a copy of our consitution/chater...


Prologue
We, the elected represenatives of the people of the Aztec National League, have unaminoulsy agreed that the Articles of Confederation have become too troublesome to the agendas of the political enites of the governement and hereby disolve the confederate bonds that kept the states of the ANL together. We declare that the government is now a United Socialist Republic of States, a country that is truely ran by the people and of the people...



Article I: Disolving of the Confederation and implementing a Soviet Republic:
As soon as this charter is ratified, the Articles of Confederation are null and void, effectly disolving the Confederacy. Immediatly after the confederation has been disolved, the new government shall be put into effect. The peso de confederato will be replaced by the new currency, the Aqua Mica.

Article II: The new powers of the Federal government:
The federal government will have almost limitless powers in controling the nation. The government will be handed over almost all state powers and will gain the power to control commerce, industry and development. The Federal government will also take full reponsibilties for education, healthcare and social wellfare. The military will also be controled by the Federal government.

Article III: Governmental Structure:
There will be four main bodies in the government, the Executive division, which consists of the High Chief and High Lord; the legislative division, which is the democratically elected parlament; the Supreme Court; and the people of the ANL.

The sub-groups are Ministry of Eduation, Ministry of Public Health and Fitness, Ministry of Social Welfare, Ministry of War, Ministry of Peace (Diplomatic tool), Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Labor.

Article IV: Relations with other, non-communist countries:
We will continue peaceful diplomatic relationships with all nations. We will not force our idealologies onto any one and will try to maintain a peaceful existance.

Provisions:
1. The right to free speech and religion is guarneteed to all residents of the ANL.
2. The government does not have the right to snoop on it's citizens unless it is deemed neccicary to.
3. The government will not tell you how to live your personal life.
4. All citizens are eligable to vote by the time they are 16.
5. Unless in times of emergancy, we will not draft people into the military.
6. Corporations will be tightly regulated, industry will be controled by the government and deveolpment will be done by the government also.
7. Immigration is open to all.
8. All citizens have the right to an free education, have universal healthcare, however, all citizens are encouraged to live a healthy, fit life.

I hope this is merely a translation into English. Back to my financial planning and project management consulting empire....

cool, someone writing an actual constituion. very cool.

SeOCC goes for a more British system with no written constitution, instead using a list principles the government must adhere to. the Ministry of Social Affairs is the primary body responsible for assuring all other Ministries follow the rules.

so i can't help much with my constitution, but i've done a year of constiutional law if you want input. if not, cheers and good luck. glad to see someone taking the time to do something like this.

Interesting, my constitution (if I had one) can be summed up rather nicely - owned

I've been looking for a chance to post my constitution :D

Acknowledging that all power and authority derives from the sovereign God, creator of Heaven and Earth, and that, in His wisdom, God has endowed all people with certain fundamental rights and has ordained the creation of civil authorities to protect those rights and preserve the safety of the people and promote the general welfare, we, the people of Excalbia, humbly proclaim this Constitution to order and more firmly establish the Holy Empire of Excalbia.

Article I
Section 1. We believe and hold true that the one, true and living God has created all things and has granted all people certain fundamental rights. Therefore, all people are by nature equally free and independent.
Section 2. While all people have the right to the freely exercise the religion or their choice, or refuse themselves from all religions, and to express their religious convictions in both private or public forums, we recognize that the Church of Excalbia is part of the fabric of this community and plays a particular role in setting the moral and spiritual direction of the Empire. Therefore, the Church of Excalbia is established as the official religion of the Empire. The reigning Emperor of Empress shall preside as Head of the Church and Defender of the Faith and shall nominate, upon the advice and consent of two thirds of the bishops of the Church, a Presiding Bishop, who shall act as leader of the Church on matters of Faith and Morals. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the establishment of any other church or religion, nor shall this be understood to compel any person to join the Church against his will.
Section 3. No Government under this Constitution shall pass any law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Section 4. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall be issued, except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Section 5. No person shall be held to answer for any infamous crime, except upon an indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising from service in the Imperial Armed Forces. Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of imprisonment. Nor shall any person be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. Nor shall any person be deprived of liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Section 6. The right of the people to a writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended. No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be enacted. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. No person shall be subject to the penalty of death.

Article II
Section 1. The executive power of the Empire is vested in the Emperor or Empress.
Section 2. Upon the death of the reigning Sovereign, the Chancellor and the Cabinet shall meet within 48 hours to nominate a successor from among the eligible heirs. The chosen successor shall be confirmed with another 48 hours by a two thirds vote of the bishops of the Church and a two thirds vote of the Imperial Senate. The elected Sovereign shall be crowned within one week.
Section 3. Eligible heirs shall include the children and siblings of the reigning Sovereign, if there are none of these, then nieces, nephews and grandchildren shall be considered and if there are none of these, then cousins, aunts and uncles shall be considered.
Section 4. In order to be eligible, any heir must be a professing member of the Church of Excalbia and of good moral character.
Section 5. If the chosen heir is a minor under the age of 18, then the Chancellor shall serve as Regent until such a time as the heir attains the age of 18.
Section 6. The Emperor or Empress shall nominate, upon the advice and consent of two thirds of the Imperial Senate, a Chancellor, who shall act as Head of the Imperial Government.
Section 7. The Emperor or Empress shall be commander in chief of the Imperial Armed Forces, and of the civil militia, when called into the actual service of the Empire; he, or the Chancellor acting on his behalf, may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the Empire.
He shall make treaties and appoint ambassadors and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other uniformed officers of the Empire, whose appointments shall be established by law.
Section 8. The Chancellor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Imperial Senate, appoint commissioners, Ministers of the Imperial Government, and all other officers of the Imperial Government, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. The Imperial Senate may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the Chancellor alone, in the courts of law, or in the Ministers.
The Chancellor shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Imperial Senate, by granting commissions that shall expire at the end of their next session.
Section 9. The Emperor of Empress shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers, shall commission all the officers of the Empire and shall call the Imperial Senate into session at least once a year, on the second Monday of January, and may adjourn the Imperial Senate for a period not to exceed six months.
Section 10. The Chancellor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
Section 11. The Chancellor, Ministers and all civil officers of the Empire, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors upon a three fifths vote of the Imperial Senate.
Section 12. The Emperor or Empress may be removed from the throne on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes by a three fifths vote of the Imperial Senate and by the bishops of the Church of Excalbia.
Article III
Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in the Imperial Senate of Excalbia.
Section 2. The Imperial Senate shall be composed of members chosen every fifth by the people of the Empire in a general election. All citizens over the age of eighteen may vote, regardless of race, creed, ethnic origin or gender.
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the Empire and of the locality from which he is elected.
Senators shall be apportioned according to the population, which shall be determined by an actual Enumeration made every ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Senators shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each locality shall have at least one.
When vacancies happen in the Imperial Senate, the executive authority of the locality shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
The Imperial Senate shall choose its speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the Chancellor or any Minister is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.
Section 3. The Imperial Senate shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the second Monday of January.
Section 4. Imperial Senate shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as Imperial Senate may provide.
Imperial Senate may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
Imperial Senate shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy.
Section 5. Senators shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the Imperial treasury. Senators shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of the Imperial Senate, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in the Imperial Senate, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Section 6. All bills for raising revenue shall originate from the Government; but the Imperial Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.
Every bill that shall have passed the Imperial Senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Emperor or Empress. If the reigning Sovereign approves, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it with his objections to the Imperial Senate, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of the Imperial Senate shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, back to the Emperor or Empress, who shall likewise reconsider it. If the reigning Sovereign shall still object, he shall return it a second time, after which, if approved by three fifths of the Imperial Senate, it shall become a law.
Section 7. The Imperial Senate shall have power to lay and collect taxes, impose duties and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the Empire;
To borrow money on the credit of the Empire;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations;
To establish a uniform rule of naturalization;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting;
To establish post offices and post roads;
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To create titles and honors, upon the request of the Emperor or Empress;
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
To declare war;
To raise and support the Imperial Armed Forces;
To provide for organizing, arming, disciplining and command of the civil militia;
To make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Imperial Government.
Section 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
No person holding any office of profit or trust under the Empire, shall, without the consent of the Imperial Senate, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Article IV
Section 1. The judicial power of the Empire shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Imperial Senate may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
Section 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Empire, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; --to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; --to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; --to controversies to which the Empire shall be a party; --all cases between Imperial citizens and foreign states, citizens or subjects.
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Imperial Senate shall make.
The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the locality where the said crimes shall have been committed.
Section 3. Treason against the Empire shall consist only in levying war against the Empire, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Article V
This Constitution, and the laws of the Empire which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the Confederation, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges through out the Empire shall be bound thereby.
The Senators, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the Empire and of the localities, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution and to show loyalty to the Emperor or Empress; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust except that of the Emperor or Empress.
Article VI
This Constitution may be amended by a two thirds vote of the Imperial Senate, the endorsement of the Chancellor and Cabinet and by the approval of the Emperor or Empress.

Constitution

Article 1.
All peoples are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of humanity.

Article 2.
All citizens within Biotopia are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Constitution, without distinction of any kind, such as species, ethnicity, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition as a person before the law.

Article 7.
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Constitution and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8.
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by competent tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted to them by the constitution or by law.

Article 9.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10.
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of their rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against them.

Article 11.
(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which they have had all the guarantees necessary for their defence.

(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon their honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of the state.

(2) Everyone has the right to leave the country and to return.

Article 14.
(1) All people have the right to seek and to enjoy asylum from persecution.

(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of this constitution.

Article 15.
(1) No person shall be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality nor denied the right to change their nationality.

Article 16.
(1) All people of full age, without any limitation due to race or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.

(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their property.

Article 18.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change their religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest this religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government directly or through freely chosen representatives.

(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in their country.

(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of the State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for their dignity and the free development of their personality.

Article 23.
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.

(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for themself and their family an existence worthy of a humane dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of their interests.

Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of themself and of their family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond their control.

(2) Parenthood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26.
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of a sentient personality and to the strengthening of respect for sentient rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities for the maintenance of peace.

(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which they are the author.

Article 28.
Everyone is entitled to a social and state order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Constitution can be fully realized.

Article 29.
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of their personality is possible.

(2) In the exercise of their rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.

Article 30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~darion.c.smith/constit.html

That'd be my constitution.

I believe the US Constitution as written minus clauses on slavery is quite sufficient. The only major addition I would add is a more strict limitation on the Commerce clause (which has been widely abused in the 20th century), and I'd add a clause stating: "Those members of congress who were found to have voted for a law, later found to be unconstitutional, shall be hung by the neck until dead." I believe this small clause would go a long way to discouraging congress-folk from voting for bills that even *hinted* at being unconstitutional.

-Morgan, Emperor of Morgain

My nation doesn't have on yet, thou we are in the middle of a civil war and so we might be having one sometime in the near future.

Syskeyia's constitution is the Carta Reipublicae, adopted by the Syskeyian Parliament after the fall of the monarchy in 1303 AD. The document, which begins with an invocation of the Trinity (In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti), is written in Latin and has, quite understandably, been modified over the years. Unlike the US Constitution, however, the amendments to the constitution are not tacked onto the end of the document, but appear throughout its current version in the appropriate places. The original copy of the Carta Reipublicae, survives intact, and can be viewed in the Sykeyian Parliament building in Syskeyiapolis.

God bless,

The Republic of Syskeyia

The bases of the living constitution of the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland are listed below:

Charter of Inheritance (12 July 1013)
--established Joergen of Detmer and his heirs and successors as the true claimants to the throne of Isselmere and Detmer.

Articles of Succession (4 August 1349)
--established the means whereby the King's Council (i.e., the Council of Peers and the Assembly of Burgesses) elects the successor to the throne when there is no surviving legitimate and direct heir, or appoints a regent should the reigning monarch prove unable to govern (due to minority, insanity, excommunication, etc.)

Union of Crowns (22 March 1557)
--Treaty ratified by a commission of members from both the Storting of Nieland and the Convention of Estates (i.e. Parliament) of Isselmere establishing that the two kingdoms the legitimate heirs and successors of Hortense II and Henry of Oltmark would be sovereigns of both kingdoms. Came into effect on the marriage of Hortense II and Henry of Oltmark (26 March 1557).

Act of Consolidation (25 June 1562)
--The Storting ratifies a treaty of legislative and judicial union thereby dissolving itself and its members into a united Parliament with the Convention of Estates of Isselmere.

Charter of Liberties (13 August 1791)
--In response to popular agitation from all ranks of society deriving from the ideas of local intellectuals as well as currents emanating out of the United States and France, the Parliament is forced to vote in a charter of rights and freedoms. The kingdom is thereafter by statute a constitutional monarchy.

Act of Resignation, 1922 (19 November 1922)
--The House of Peers is replaced by an elected Senate, of which ten percent are noblemen elected by their peers. Other nobles may run for Senate seats.

Act of Resignation, 1968 (3 June 1968)
--In another effort to "modernize" government, the percentage of noblemen elected by their peers is reduced to five.

Act of Resignation, 1975 (6 October 1975)
--Nobles may run for Senate seats, but the nobility has no guaranteed seats.

Constitution Act, 1986 (24 March 1986)
--Partial consolidation of existing constitutional statutes.

We have four charters:

Charter of the Councils
Charter of Ministries
Charter of the Gunchenjuris
Charter of Rights

ARTICLE I. RELIGION.

All persons have the right to hold whatever religious views they wish privately. The government shall be avowedly atheist and may not endorse any religion or religious beliefs.

ART. II. SPEECH.

All persons have the right to hold, express, teach, or advocate any opinion and to join with others to express it. This article shall not confer the right to injure another person or the property thereof, incite criminal activity, or advocate a specific action for overthrowing the government by force.

ART. III. THE PRESS

For purposes of Article II, all members of the press shall be considered personsexcept for broadcasters, which must broadcast in the public interest.

ART. IV. ASSEMBLY

All persons have the right to picket when it is for a lawful purpose and conducted in an orderly manner. Publicizing a grievance is a lawful puropse.

ART. V. ASSOCIATION

All persons have the right to belong to any group that he or she chooses.

ART. VI. PETITIONS

All persons or groups of persons have the right to file petitions with either Council, a Ministry, or the Gunchenjuris.

ART. VII. WEAPONS

A collective right to keep weapons is hereby guaranteed.

ART. VIII. SECURITY

All persons have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, and documents, except upon the issuance of a warrant. Warrants may only be issued by the Gunchenjuris or by the Warrant Commission of the same upon probable cause, and the warrant must be specific.

ART. IX. DUE PROCESS

No person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. No peson shall be tried for a felony offense without being indicted by a member of the Ministry of Justice or an equivalent local agency. In no case shall a person be compelled to be a witness against himself or herself. In all criminal cases, the accused has the right to a speedy and public trial by the Gunchenjuris or another authorized court on charges known to the accused. Excessive bail may not be imposed. The accused has the right to counsel for his or her defense. The accused or the counsel thereof shall be permitted to confront and cross-examine the witnesses of the prosecution, and may obtain witnesses for the defenses. No person may be tried twice for the same offense.

ART. X. EMINENT DOMAIN

The government may not confiscate property for the public good without compensating the owners for the same.

ART. XI. CONVICT RIGHTS

No punishment shall be imposed if it is excessively cruel, and no excessive fine shall be imposed. In all cases, the death penalty shall be deemed excessively cruel.

ART. XII. SLAVERY BAN

No person may be enslaved except as a criminal punishment, subject to Article XI of this Charter.

ART. XIII. VOTING

All persons of age, except those duly convicted and imprisoned at the time of the election, have the right to vote on auditable voting apparatus in any general election.

ART. XIV. OTHER RIGHTS

All persons have fundamental rights not necessarily listed in this Charter.

[ooc: As you may have guessed, I haven't written the other three yet.]

Double post.

OOC: I'll post for you the part of my constitution comparable to the Bill of Rights.

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THE FREEDOMS

Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom of privacy
Freedom of arms

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Pretty simple, hmm?

Speech refers to public assemblies, media and other forms of expression.

Religion needs no explanation.

Privacy is the assurence from the government that they do not discriminate on anyone's sexual orientation; privacy mostly referring to the home, or more specifically, the bedroom.

Arms refers to the freedom to own and bear weapons; within a logical realm, of course. This means no tanks or RPGs; but you can own submachine guns, revolvers and the like.

Dunno if this helps you or not -- worth a shot, though :D

We, the people of Neo Earth,script this documnet in hopes that the Holy Emperor may once agian take the throne that is rightfuly his.

I. The goverment is broken into the following areas: the Emperor, Constitutional Court, State, and City.

II. A city of 5,000 or more must have a City Council. The city council consists of 15 elected council-members and a mayor. to become a council member, one must get a petition signed by 250 different individuals, or more, determined by the state. once the petition is signed, the persons name is added to the ballot. They then campaign, but may not bribe, punishable by up to 2 years in prison and 250,000+how much the bribe was.
A council member gets 1 vote in city matters.
The mayer must be 30 or older, been a council member, and get a petition signed by 3% of the town, unless the state changes it.
The mayor may veto issues, submit issues without the citezens vote, and may expell a member, with at least 2/3 of the council supporting.

III. The state consists of a govener, a state board. There is one board member for every 5 million citezens. to be elected, boardmembers must do the same process as a city-council-member, but must have been a city-council-member for 4 years, and get a petition signed with 2,500. The govener follows the same process as a mayor, but must have been on a state board for 4 years.
Boardmembers are just council-members of the state.
Govener's powers are just the same as a mayor's, plus the ability to appoint cabinent members for sectretary-of-state, sec.-of-economy, and sec.-of-law.

IV. The Constitutional Court is the federal court that makes sure the emperor's actions are constitutional, as the state's decision. One judge per state is chosen by state boards.

V. The emperor is the leader of our nation. He/she has the power over everything. The only things the emperor may not change are: The laws I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and must obey these laws. Other then that, the emperor has complete controll.
The emperor's term is lifelong, and is chosen by the previous emperor.

VI.


"You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy"- sunday is a day when no one may work, unless the Church says so.


"Honor your father and mother"


"You shall not murder"


"You shall not commit adultery"-cheating on your spouse, or having an affair with a married person is illegal.


"You shall not steal"


"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor"

VII: Admenments
Heretics are exempt from these freedoms

1. All have the right to free speech.
2. All have the right to a fair trial
3. No religion may be banned, other then Heretics, Yevon, andThe Word.
4. All citezens have the right of Private enterprise.
5. A citezen may get a petition to change a law. The petition needs 10,000 signitures. Once that is done, it will be voted on by the citezens of a state. If passed, then the whole country must vote on the issue.



Signitures
Emperor Ryo-Tan
Sarah Fortino
James Harc
Kilik Stardome
Luna Stargaze
John Smith
Hank Bell
Molly Sirlik
Diane Nufeld
Barney Guy
Mryna Thrill
Yolanda Smithberg
Corey Gorten
Steven Goldmen


Ratified: October 23rd

After a long day of searching, the DNS constitution is found. It is approximately 1490 years old, and all that is legible is:

"You don't screw with the government more that ya needs ta, we don't raise taxes... much."

After a long day of searching, the DNS constitution is found. It is approximately 1490 years old, and all that is legible is:

"You don't screw with the government more that ya needs ta, we don't raise taxes... much."