Journal of Research and Development in Comparative Law

Journal of Research and Development in Comparative Law

Comparative Study of Endurance and Lifespan of the Constitution

Document Type : scientific research paper

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Associate Prof in public law, Department of law, Faculty of humanities,Bu - Ali Sina university, Hamedan, Iran
Abstract
The constitution is the fundamental document of a legal system about which numerous concepts and theories have been formed. This article attempts to present one of these concepts, called the endurance of the constitution. The first constitutions that were written were written in the belief that they would have a very long life and were unchangeable. Gradually, changing, amending, and replacing constitutions became common. Some opposed this because they believed it would harm the legal system and its continuity, while others considered it necessary to change the world and historical conditions. The endurance of the constitution refers to the stability and endurance of a constitution over time. That is, the constitution can remain and function properly for a long time without major changes, without being abandoned or replaced by a new constitution. This article seeks to answer the question of what the endurance of the constitution means and why constitutions survive or die, using a descriptive-analytical method and by using a comparative study and looking at the experience of different countries in the world and the fate of constitutions. To explain this concept, the causes of the disappearance of constitutions as well as the causes and factors of the endurance and stability of a constitution have been explained. The requirement for the stability and stability of a constitution is that it is not too resistant to changes in order to allow for evolutionary change. Of course, it should be known that too much flexibility can also be dangerous. What this article has shown, while studying the experience of constitutions in different countries of the world, is that over time and over the past two centuries, despite the beliefs of the first writers of constitutions - if we ignore exceptions such as the US Constitution - the life of constitutions in the world has been short, and due to the very rapid changes in today's world, constitutional changes have also been very rapid
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