About 50 results for ‘Constitution’
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Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. When these principles are written down into a single collection or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to comprise a written constitution. Constitutions concern different levels of organizations, from sovereign states to companies and unincorporated associations. A treaty which establishes an international organization is also its constitution, in that it would define how that organization is constituted. Within states, whether sovereign or federated, a constitution defines the principles upon which the state is based, the procedure in which laws are made and by whom. Some constitutions, especially written constitutions, also act as limiters of state power, by establishing lines which a state's rulers cannot cross, such as fundamental rights. The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles, 12 schedules and 94 amendments, with 117,369 words in its English language version, while the United States Constitution is the shortest written constitution, at 7 articles and 27 amendments.
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LOUIS XVIII AUX TUILERIES MEDITANT SUR LA CHARTE QU'IL VA...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Constitution
- Louis XVIII of France
- Man
- Palace
- Paris
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Devéria
LE ROI PRETE SERMENT, EN PRESENCE DES CHAMBRES, DE MAINTE...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Benjamin Constant
- Constitution
- Crown (headgear)
- Jean-Baptiste Bessières
- Louis Philippe I
- Oath
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
projet de Monument à Dom Pedro, Empereur du Brésil, Roi d...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Americas
- Constitution
- Crown (headgear)
- India
- Man
- Navy
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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MONSIEUR JULES GREVY, Président de la chambre des députés...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Constitution
- Fauteuil
- Flag
- French people
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Allégorie de la constitution française, 1798
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Cat
- Charity (virtue)
- Constitution
- France
- Liberty
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Constitution
- French Revolution
- Lion
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Book
- Constitution
- Fasces
- Fleur-de-lis
- Fleuron (architectural)
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Constitution
- French Revolution
- Hand
- Hatching
- Phrygian cap
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Sarreguemines
Révolution française de 1789 (Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- History
- Numismatics
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- Designation:
- assignat (muszynski n°26)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Constitution
- Crown (headgear)
- Fasces
- Genius (mythology)
- Lightning
- Nymph
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Proclamation de la constitution 1848
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clergy
- Constitution
- Discourse
- French Revolution of 1848
- Paris
- Politician
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Prêtre prêtant le serment de maintenir la Constitution fr...
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Constitution
- French Revolution
- Garland
- Oath
- Prehensility
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- Date:
- 18th century
- French Directory
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le serment du roi
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Louis XVI of France
- Minerva
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le serment du roi
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Louis XVI of France
- Minerva
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le pacte fédératif
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- France
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le serment du roi, réunion des Français
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Minerva
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le pacte fédératif
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- France
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le pacte fédératif
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- France
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le pacte fédératif
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- France
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Minerve enseignant
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Constitution
- Minerva
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Minerve enseignant
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Constitution
- Minerva
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Arche de la Constitution
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Constitution
- Fasces
- Republic
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution ; Avers de ...
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution ; Avers de ...
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution ; Avers de ...
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution ; Avers de ...
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Augustin Dupré
Le génie de la France gravant la Constitution ; Pièce de ...
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Constitution
- Genius (mythology)
- Louis XVI of France
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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