The Constitution is a legal document that sets the fundamental principles and laws by which a country is governed. It presents the responsibilities and powers of the government and the rights of ...

In 1947, Kurt Gödel, Albert Einstein, and Oskar Morgenstern drove from Princeton to Trenton in Morgenstern’s car. The three men, who’d fled Nazi Europe and become close friends at the Institute for ...

More than half of the world's countries have some degree of a guaranteed, specific right to public health and medical care for their citizens written into their national constitutions. The United ...

Opinion Making state constitutions harder to amend: Good idea, bad timing By Adam Carrington May 17, 2023 06:00 AM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Opinion Making state constitutions harder to ...

Constitutions everywhere represent the nexus of civic hope and political reality. Nearly 300 professors, lawyers, and judges from 64 countries gathered in Austin, Texas, last month to compare notes ...

Glazed eyes are probably the most frequent response if you mention the need for ‘constitutional reform’ in the UK. For others, this is about important but specific, standalone issues, such as Scotland ...

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“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions,” argued Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s Founding Fathers, in a speech to the Senate in 1788. “The reason is that they must necessarily be ...

Many of the legal arguments seeking to overturn abortion bans rely on rights provided by the states, and how they are interpreted by state supreme courts. By Kate Zernike When the Supreme Court ...

Constitutions put controls on the people who run countries, but how are they created and how well do they work? Edward Stourton examines the constitutions of the UK, USA and France. Show more ...