An example of constitutional violation by the executive could be a public office holder who acts outside the powers granted to that office by a constitution.
Its purpose is to deter -- to compel respect for the constitutional guaranty in the only effectively available way -- by removing the incentive to disregard it.
The process of replacing the monarchic institutions with constitutional institutions and electoral policies was neither as simple nor as bloodless as the regime change itself.
Those who hold this view sometimes point to the existence of illiberal democracy and liberal autocracy as evidence that constitutional liberalism and democratic government are not necessarily interconnected.
The accession to instruments of public international law guaranteeing such rights is an exercise of democratic constitutional power and binds the acceding state, even if its future government changes.
The common draft framework and outline have five parts including the declaration of principles; bases, scope and applicability; political and constitutional reforms; mechanisms; and final provisions.
