| LC control no. | sh 85031336 |
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| Topical heading | Constitutions |
| Variant(s) | Associations, institutions, etc.--Constitutions |
| See also | subdivision Constitution under names of individual corporate bodies Law Constitutional law |
| Scope note | Here are entered collections of constitutions or texts of individual constitutions. Works about constitutions or constitutional law are entered under Constitutional law. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Constitutional law |
| Found in | Arbuckle, M. A compilation and exploratory conceptual analysis of the legal instruments of twenty-one national social service agencies and their local chapters in King County, 1960 (includes a collection of constitutions, by-laws, charters, and articles of incorporation of various social service agencies) Merriam-Webster's dictionary of law, c1996, via Dictionary.com website, Oct. 19, 2011 (constitution 1. the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it. 2. a written instrument containing the fundamental rules of a political or social organization) Wikipedia, Oct. 19, 2011 (A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state of other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. When these principles are written down into a single or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to comprise a written constitution. Constitutions concern different levels of organizations, from sovereign states to companies and unincorported associations.) |
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