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Constitutional Law 1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Conventional or Enacted: Struck off at once by a constituent assembly or choosing of a ruler
      - Cumulative or Evolved: Product of growth or long series of customs, laws, and judicial decisions
    - - Written: Provisions are embodied in a single instrument or set of sacred documents
      - Unwritten: Consists of various statutes, judicial decisions, usages, and customs scattered across time
    - - Rigid: Requires a special, distinct, and solemn process to amend or alter
      - Flexible: Can be changed by the ordinary legislative body through common lawmaking processes
  - - - it has extensive power granted to the President
  - - - Amendment: Isolated, piecemeal change that does not alter the basic principle or structure
      - Revision: Overhaul or systemic rewrite affecting the underlying framework or distribution of powers
    - - Proposal: Formulating the changes
      - Ratification: Approved by a majority of votes cast in a plebiscite
    - - Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass): Congress itself, upon a vote of 3/4 of all its members
      - Constitutional Convention (Con-Con): A body of delegates elected specifically to propose changes
      - People's Initiative: Direct proposal by the people through a petition signed by at least 12% of total registered voters (and 3% of every legislative district)
- - - - Completeness Test: The enabling statute must be full and definite in all its terms when it leaves the legislature
      - Sufficient Standard Test: The law must map out clear boundaries and legal limits to guide the delegate's actions