Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

1. Constitutionalism and constitutions. Consensus -- Consensus and constitutionalism -- Constitutionalism -- Natural law and constitutionalism -- Evolution of constitutionalism in practice -- Constitutionalism and constitutions -- Other functions of constitutions -- Conclusion -- 2. The United States of America. American constitutionalism -- 3. Great Britain. British constitutionalism -- British constitutional documents. Magna Carta, 1215 -- Petition of Rights, 1628 -- Habeus Corpus Act, 1641 -- Bill of Rights, 1689 -- The Act of Settlement, 1701 -- The Act of Union with Scotland, 1707 -- Parliament Act, 1911 and 1949 -- Re-election of Ministers Act, 1919 -- Ministers of the Crown Act, 1937 -- Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939 -- Statutory Instruments Act, 1946 -- Representation of the People Act, 1948 -- Life Peerages Act, 1958 -- 4. France. French constitutionalism -- French constitutional documents. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789 -- Preamble to the Constitution of the Fourth French Republic, 1946 -- Constitution of the Fifth French Reepublic, 1958 -- 5. Germany. German constitutionalism -- Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949 -- 6. The Soviet Union. Constitutionalism and the Soviet Union -- Soviet constitutional documents. Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1936 -- Statutes of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1961.