The art of constitution making an over view
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Constitution making refers to the process of making a new constitution or reviewing an old one that also includes the design and content of a new or amended constitution. Questions of constitutional design entails questions such as: what kind of state do we want to create? What form of government do we want? What kind of relationship between the government and the people do we want?
Constitution making is on the main an art rather than a science, in that it is usually a subjective exercise. Constitutional making is also an art because it involves the application of comparative constitutional law.
Smash-and-grab incidents became common at traffic lights, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) bombings made headlines too often, cash-in-transit robberies terrified security personnel, while home invasions left families traumatised in the very places they were supposed to feel safest. The situation had reached alarming levels and threatened not only the peace of ordinary citizens, but also the country’s reputation as one of the safest and most...