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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Gediminas Mesonis
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-ccbac308a558426181e1139c522e216b2022-12-21T21:55:35ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of Law & Politics2029-04542015-12-018213615810.1515/bjlp-2015-0022bjlp-2015-0022The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional RegulationDarijus Beinoravičius0Gediminas Mesonis1Milda Vainiutė2Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Law (Lithuania)Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Law (Lithuania)Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Law (Lithuania)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.https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0022constitutionstructure of the constitutionpreamble of the constituton
spellingShingle Darijus Beinoravičius
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preamble of the constituton
title The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional Regulation
title_full The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional Regulation
title_fullStr The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional Regulation
title_full_unstemmed The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional Regulation
title_short The Role and Place of the Preamble in Lithuanian Constitutional Regulation
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structure of the constitution
preamble of the constituton
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