Historical
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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 ...
Weimar Constitution
Approved in July 1919 in Weimar, away from Berlin unrest, the German Constitution created a semi presidential democracy with a dir...
French Constitution of 1791
Completed in September 1791 after two years of revolution, the French Constitution of 1791 transformed the absolute monarchy into ...
French Constitution of 1793
Adopted by the Convention in June 1793 and ratified by primary assemblies amid near universal male suffrage, the Constitution of Y...
Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936)
Promulgated in December 1936, the Stalin Constitution presented the USSR as a perfected socialist state, with universal direct suf...
Spanish Constitution of 1812
Known as La Pepa, promulgated March 19, 1812 at Cadiz while most of Spain lay under Napoleonic occupation, the Cadiz Constitution ...
Constitution of May 3, 1791
Adopted by the Four Year Sejm on May 3, 1791, the Government Act of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth is regarded as Europes firs...
Serbian Constitution of 1835
Promulgated in February 1835 at Kragujevac by Prince Milos Obrenovic under secretary Dimitrije Davidovic, the Sretenje Constitutio...
Constitution of the German Empire (1871)
Proclaimed April 16, 1871 with the new empire, the constitution of the Kaiserreich created a federal state of kingdoms and duchies...
Constitution of Yugoslavia (1974)
Adopted in February 1974, the Yugoslav Constitution devolved sweeping authority to the six republics and two provinces, giving the...
Hungarian Constitution of 1949
Adopted in August 1949 under Rakosi, Hungarys constitution was copied from the 1936 Soviet model, declaring a peoples republic and...
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 Tunisia (2014)
Adopted January 26, 2014 by Tunisia's constituent assembly with near unanimity, the constitution was hailed as the Arab worlds mos...
Corsican Constitution (1755)
Adopted by a national assembly at Corte in November 1755 under the leadership of Pasquale Paoli, the constitution of the independe...
Ottoman Constitution of 1876
Drafted under the reforming statesman Midhat Pasha, the constitution was promulgated by Sultan Abdul Hamid II on December 23, 1876...
Meiji Constitution (1889)
Promulgated on February 11, 1889 and in force from November 1890, the Meiji Constitution was drafted chiefly by Ito Hirobumi after...
Persian Constitution of 1906
Mass protests and sit ins by merchants, clerics, and reformers forced Mozaffar ad-Din Shah to accept an elected assembly in 1906, ...
Constitution of Afghanistan (2004)
Adopted by a Constitutional Loya Jirga in Kabul in January 2004 after the fall of the Taliban government, the constitution establi...