From Algeria to Zimbabwe, Constitutions of the World is a guide to the constitutions and constitutional histories of eighty nations. It will prove an invaluable resource for any teacher or student interested in politics, law, human rights or the political history of nations across the world. Strucured alphabetically each chapter profiles one country in an easy-to-use format. For every country a wealth of information is to be found.

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Index
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Abacha, Sani, Gen., 196
Absolutism, 55, 113
Afghanistan, vi
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981), xv, 160
African National Congress, 253
Akbar (Moghul governor), 207
Al-Assad, Hafiz, Gen., 273, 274
Al Bakr, Hasan, Gen., 128
Alberdi, Juan Bautista, 6
Albert I (prince of Monaco), 173
Alessandri Palma, Arturo, 42
Alexander the Great, 97, 123, 127, 207, 273
Alfonso V (king of Portugal), 229
Alfred the Great, 294
Al-Hashimi, Hussein Ibn Talal, 146
Al-Hussein, Abdullah Ibn, 146
Ali, 127
Ali, Muhammad, 71, 242
Al-Khalifa family (Qatar), 152
Allende Gossens, Salvador, 42
Al-Saud family (Saudi Arabia), 242, 243
Al-Subah family (Kuwait), 152–54
Amendment procedures, xiv
American Convention on Human Rights (1969), xiv
American Revolution, 207, 295
American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color, 159
Amin Dada, Idi, Maj. Gen., 291
Amnesty International, 163
Amparo, 107, 108, 170, 172, 192, 194; defined, 321
Anarchy, 25, 237
Andrew II (king of Hungary), 109
Angkor Empire, 33
Antilles, Netherlands, 183
Apartheid, 253
Appropriations legislation. See Money bills
Aquino, Corazon, 219
“Arab bureaus,” 1
Arabs, 1–2, 71, 74, 127–29, 134, 135, 146, 149, 152–54, 157, 162–64, 176, 228, 242, 260, 273–75
Arbitration, 6, 24, 241
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Constitutions at a Glance
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Peru
- The Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Glossary
- Sources
- Index
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