The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional Regulation

While analysing constitutions of various countries in the legal literature, typically not only the form and the content but also the structure of the constitution is discussed. The structure of the constitution is an internal organisational order of the norms of the constitution. Although every stat...

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Main Authors: Darijus Beinoravičius, Gediminas Mesonis, Milda Vainiutė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0022
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Summary:While analysing constitutions of various countries in the legal literature, typically not only the form and the content but also the structure of the constitution is discussed. The structure of the constitution is an internal organisational order of the norms of the constitution. Although every state’s constitution has a unique structure, certain regularities can be discerned. The analysis of the structure of various constitutions leads to the conclusion that normally each constitution consists of the following standard structural parts: the preamble, the main part, the final, transitional or additional provisions, and in some constitutions there can also be annexes.
ISSN:2029-0454