Excerpt from Modern Constitutions, Vol. 1: A Collection of the Fundamental Laws of Twenty-Two of the Most Important Countries of the World, With Historical and Bibliographical Notes In view of the main purpose of this collection only the most important constitutions have been included. The constitutions of Portugal and Denmark may be considered of less importance than the others, but it has been thought well to include them. Great Britain is excluded because English national institutions are only to a small extent embodied in constitutional documents, and these documents are readily accessible to American students. Because of its easy accessibility in other publications, the United States constitution might well have been excluded from a col lection intended largely for American students, but it may be of convenience to students in other English-speaking countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.