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constitutionA constitution is a set of rules which describes the key
institutions of
government
—particularly
the composition of the
legislature
and the
executive
—and specifies
the procedures which government institutions must follow if their
actions are to be authoritative. A constitution can be
thought of as a higher law because it limits what governments can
do.
Constitutional documents vary in what they contain and how much
detail they provide about the day-to-day operation of
government. British derived constitutional documents
typically say little about the institutions of executive
government, especially the role of the
premier
,
ministers
, the
cabinet
and the relationship between
these institutions and
parliament
.
Many of the constitutional rules establishing the government of
the Province of British Columbia can be found in the
Constitution Act (British
Columbia)
.
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