List of national constitutions
The following is a list of national constitutions by country, semi-recognized countries, and by codification.
Codified constitutions (most recent, in use today)
[edit]A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.
Sovereign states (UN member and observer states)
[edit]Unrecognized and partially recognized countries
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October 3, 1999 |
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December 25, 1947 (amended May 1, 1991) |
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June 15, 2008 |
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May 5, 1985 |
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August 1976 |
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May 31, 2001 |
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April 8, 2001 |
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January 17, 1996 |
Dependent territories
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October 17, 1960 |
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January 1, 1986 |
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June 15, 2007 |
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October 10, 2010 |
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January 1, 2009 |
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January 2, 2007 |
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April 4, 1990 |
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March 31, 1993 |
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October 19, 1974 |
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January 1, 1978 |
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July 25, 1952 |
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October 10, 2010 |
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October 15, 2012 |
Uncodified constitutions
[edit]An uncodified constitution is one where not all elements are written into law. Typically some elements, such as constitutional conventions, are not written into law. Such elements are almost always written down somewhere (perhaps across multiple documents and/or publications), however written in documents that are not enforceable in law. Approximate dates have been listed below based on fundamental founding documents on governance of the respective countries.
Constitution of Canada (1867)
Basic Laws of Israel (1950)
Constitution of New Zealand (1840)
Constitution of San Marino (1600)[6]
Basic Laws of Sweden (1810)
Constitution of the United Kingdom (1215)
Former constitutions
[edit]Afghanistan
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1964)
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004)
Brazil
- Constitution of the Empire of Brazil (1824)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1891)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1934)
- Brazilian Constitution of 1937
- Brazilian Constitution of 1946
- Brazilian Constitution of 1967
Bulgaria
- Constitution of the Principality of Bulgaria (1879)
- Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (1947)
- Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (1971)
China
- Constitution of the Qing Empire 1908
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1912)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1947) — Suspended 1948, amended 1991
- Common Program (1949)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1954)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1975)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1978)
Colombia
- Act of the Extraordinary Council of Santa Fe de Bogotá (1810)
- Constitution of the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca (1811)
- Act of Federation of the United Provinces of New Granada (1811)
- Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (1821)
- Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (1830)
- Constitution of the Republic of New Granada (1832)
- Constitution of the Republic of New Granada (1843)
- Constitution of the Republic of New Granada (1853)
- Constitution of the Granadine Confederation (1858)
- Constitution of the United States of Colombia (1863)
- Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (1886)
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
- Constitution of Czechoslovakia (1920)
- Constitution of Czechoslovakia (1948)
- Constitution of Czechoslovakia (1960)
- Constitution of Czechoslovakia (1968)
Egypt
- Constitution of Egypt (1879) (abortive)
- Fundamental Ordinance (1882)
- Constitution of Egypt (1923)
- Constitution of Egypt (1930)
- Provisional constitution of 1953
- Constitution of Egypt (1956)
- Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic (1958)
- Constitutional Proclamation (1962)
- Constitution of United Arab Republic (1964)
- Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt (1971)
- Provisional Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt (2011)
- Constitution of Egypt (2012)
France
- Constitution of the Kingdom of France (1791)
- Constitution of the First French Republic (1793)
- Constitution of the First French Republic (1795)
- Constitution of the First French Republic (1799)
- Constitution of the First French Republic (1801)
- Constitution of the First French Empire (1804)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of France (1814)
- Constitution of the First French Empire (1815)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of France (1830)
- Constitution of the Second French Republic
- Constitution of the Second French Empire
- Constitution of the Third French Republic
- Constitution of the French State (Vichy Regime)
- Constitution of the Fourth French Republic
Germany
- Constitution of the German Confederation (1815)
- Frankfurt Constitution (1849)
- North German Constitution (1867)
- Constitution of the German Confederation (1871)
- Constitution of the German Empire (1871)
- Weimar Constitution (1919)
- Constitution of Prussia (1920)
- Reichstag Fire Decree (1933)
- Enabling Act (1933)
- First Constitution of East Germany (1949)
- Second Constitution of East Germany (1968)
Hawaii
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1840)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1852)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1864)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1887)
- Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii
Iran
Italy
- Corsican Constitution
- Constitution of the Cisalpine Republic (1797)
- Constitution of the Cisalpine Republic (1798)
- Constitution of the Cisalpine Republic (1801)
- Constitution of the Napoleonic Italian Republic
- Constitution of the Napoleonic Italian Kingdom
- Statuto Albertino
Mexico
- Constitution of Apatzingán (Proposed 1814)
- Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States (1824)
- Seven Constitutional Laws (Siete Leyes; 1836)
- Organic Bases of the Mexican Republic (1843)
- Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States (1857)
Poland
- Constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
- Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland (1832)
Portugal
- Portuguese Constitution of 1822
- Portuguese Constitution of 1826
- Portuguese Constitution of 1838
- Portuguese Constitution of 1911
- Portuguese Constitution of 1933
Russia
- Constitution of the Russian Empire
- Constitution of the Russian Republic
- Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918)
- Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1978)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1924)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977)
South Africa
- South Africa Act 1909
- South African Constitution of 1961
- South African Constitution of 1983
- Interim Constitution (1993)
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Yugoslavia
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1921)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1931)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1946)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1963)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1974)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1992)
Other States
- Constitution of Artsakh
- Constitution of the Irish Free State
- Constitution of Japan (1889)
- Constitution of Poland-Lithuania (1791)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
- Constitution of the Principality of Serbia (1835)
- Constitution of Persia
- Constitution of the Confederate States
- Ottoman constitution of 1876
- Constitution of Vermont Republic
- Constitution of the Republic of Texas
- Malolos Constitution
- Constitution of the Mali Empire (1235)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Grondwet - Militair Rechtelijk Tijdschrift". puc.overheid.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Basic Statute of the State" (PDF). Royal Decree 101/96. Ministry of Legal Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act" (PDF). Organization of American States. December 31, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ "Oldest Constitutions Still Being Used Today". WorldAtlas. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 2019-05-13.