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发帖数: 135 | 1 The frequently expressed view that written constitutions are inherently more
liberal than unwritten ones is false. No written constitution is more than
a paper with words on it until those words are both interpreted and applied.
Properly understood, then, a constitution is the sum of those precedures
through which the power of the state is legitimately exercised and limited.
Therefore, even a written constitution becomes a liberal constitution only
when it is interpreted and applied in a liberal | x**y
发帖数: 10012 | 2 e吧
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【在 s*******1 的大作中提到】
: The frequently expressed view that written constitutions are inherently more
: liberal than unwritten ones is false. No written constitution is more than
: a paper with words on it until those words are both interpreted and applied.
: Properly understood, then, a constitution is the sum of those precedures
: through which the power of the state is legitimately exercised and limited.
: Therefore, even a written constitution becomes a liberal constitution only
: when it is interpreted and applied in a liberal
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