大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 written constitution
释义：
written constitution [法] 成文宪法
例句：
And by the way, we, the people of progress, are rooted in those principles of the Declaration of Independence" which are written down essentially as creeds "And, oh and by the way, we have a written Constitution we actually wrote it down, we have a Bill of Rights where we declare these things on paper, unlike the Brits."
顺便说一下,我们,作为进步的人类,是独立宣言的主旨",它被写成文字,作为信条,"顺便再说一下,我们还有一部成文大宪章,我们把它写下来,我们有《人权法案》,一切白纸黑字申明清楚,不像那些英国佬"
There is no written constitution to hamper him, nor political judges to overrule him.
It was only the second written constitution in the world after the United States.
The idea was pioneered by the United States, the first modern democracy with a written constitution.
Mr Benn's Commonwealth of Britain Bill - introduced in 1991, was the last attempt to legislate a written constitution.
Ms Gavison argues that no other court in the world has simply given itself such powers without a written constitution.
The clarity of a written constitution may give America an advantage over many European countries, where unwritten custom has more sway.
They will need to have a written constitution and a governing body, composed of a nurse, lay people and a hospital specialist.
For the same reason, other countries have embraced some form of judicial review even Britain, which has no written constitution to back it up.
America has the world's oldest written constitution (drafted in 1787) and two of the world's oldest political parties (established in 1828 and 1854).
After the interminable rows that marred the EU summit in Nice in 2000, it was realised that the expanding Union needed a written constitution.
Whether the European Union will be able to do any of the things a written constitution should have done is a question which remains open.
Continental politicos should, but probably won't, think about how to devise procedures and institutions to give people real powers that are protected by a written constitution.
In 1959, Brunei's first written constitution was promulgated.
The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, writes in the Observer today that Britain needs a written constitution - a document that formally limits the power of politicians and enshrines the supremacy of the citizen.
Labour had looked at having a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities as the basis of a written constitution - the then Justice Secretary Jack Straw believed a written statement of "common values" would help social cohesion.
The concept of civic duty has been used by those in favour of creating a written constitution for the UK - the argument being that if you know what's expected of you by society, you're more likely to do it.
The paper notes that there would ultimately be a written constitution in an independent Scotland but that a constitutional platform, covering such matters as finance, the law and international agreements, would be needed in the interim to enable Holyrood to operate independently.
But, as I've explained to you before, Nigel, the United States, unlike the United Kingdom, has a written Constitution, and even people who do not consider themselves strict constructionists agree that there is no provision in the Constitution for wishing a President away.
