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United States Constitution
Drafted in Philadelphia in 1787, ratified by the states in 1788, and operating since 1789, the US Constitution establishes a feder...
Constitution of Canada
Canadas constitution remained a British statute until the Constitution Act 1982 patriated it, ending the need for Westminster appr...
Constitution of Mexico
Promulgated in February 1917 at Queretaro after the Mexican Revolution, the Constitution of Mexico was the first in the world to i...
Constitution of Brazil
Adopted in October 1988 after a broadly participatory constituent congress, the current Brazilian Constitution is nicknamed the ci...
Constitution of the Confederate States
Adopted in March 1861 by the seceded slave states, the Confederate Constitution consciously copied much of the US Constitution whi...
Articles of Confederation
In force from March 1781 until replaced in 1789, the Articles of Confederation created a loose league of sovereign states with no ...
Constitution of the Argentine Nation
Promulgated in May 1853 and organized around Juan Bautista Alberdis blueprint that governing is populating, the Argentine Constitu...
Constitution of Chile (1980)
Approved by contested referendum under the military government in September 1980, the Chilean Constitution created a strongly pres...
Constitution of Colombia (1991)
Declared by a constituent assembly elected after a student backed seventh ballot movement, the 1991 Constitution replaced the 1886...
Political Constitution of Peru (1993)
Approved by referendum in October 1993 after the 1992 autogolpe dissolved congress and the 1979 constitution with it, the Peruvian...
Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Drafted by an assembly dominated by supporters of Hugo Chavez after his 1998 election and approved by referendum in December 1999,...
Constitution of Cuba (2019)
Approved by referendum in February 2019 with 86 percent support, the Cuban Constitution replaced the 1976 text. It recognizes priv...
Constitution of Haiti (1805)
Promulgated May 20, 1805 under Emperor Jacques I, Jean Jacques Dessalines, Haitis first constitution declared all Haitians black r...
Constitution of Massachusetts (1780)
Ratified in 1780 and still in force, the Massachusetts Constitution is the oldest functioning written constitution in the world, p...
Iroquois Great Law of Peace
The Gayanashagowa, the Great Law of Peace, united the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations into the Haudenosaunee ...
Constitution of Bolivia (2009)
Approved by referendum in January 2009 and promulgated in February by President Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of the...
Constitution of Ecuador (2008)
Drafted by a Constituent Assembly meeting in Montecristi and approved by referendum in September 2008 during the presidency of Raf...