Constitutions

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An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document. It is based on the verb to amend, which means to change for better. Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these agreements. They are often used when it is better to change the document than to write a new one. Only the legislative branch is involved in the amendment process.

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field of economics dealing with legal rules that restrict the activities of economic agents, taking into account the effects of political economic decisions

uncodified norms followed by the institutions of a state

legal doctrine

government organs defined by constitution

book by Laurence Dermott (1756)