new constitution
Replacement governing charter
A new constitution is a fundamental governing document that replaces or substantially rewrites an existing constitutional framework.
Countries adopt new constitutions after revolutions, independence, regime changes, or when existing structures prove inadequate: The framers drafted a new constitution after the war.
The process typically involves constitutional conventions, popular referendums, or legislative action, and marks a formal break with previous legal order.
- amendmentChange to official text
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- framersThose who construct frames
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new constitutionancien régime
Replaced system of governance
status quo · established order · traditional laws · old guard · unwritten constitution
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