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• A constitution is a set of fundamental legal-political rules that: Are binding on everyone in the state, including ordinary lawmaking institutions
• A constitution is a set of fundamental legal-political rules that: Concern the structure and operation of the institutions of government, political principles and the rights of citizens
• A constitution is a set of fundamental legal-political rules that: Are based on widespread public legitimacy. Are harder to change than ordinary laws
• TRUE - The Functions of a Constitution - Constitutions can proclaim and define the political community's borders. These limits might be territorial or personal
• TRUE - Constitutions can proclaim and define the political community's nature and power. They frequently proclaim the state's core ideas and assumptions, as well as the location of its sovereignty.
• TRUE - Constitutions can declare and define people' rights and responsibilities. Most constitutions include a proclamation of people' fundamental rights. These will include, at a minimum, the fundamental civil rights required for an open and democratic society, such as freedom of opinion, speech, association, and assembly; due process of law; and freedom from arbitrary arrest or unlawful punishment.
• TRUE - Constitutions can establish and regulate the community's political institutions by defining the various institutions of government, prescribing their composition, powers, and functions, and regulating their interactions.
• TRUE - Constitutions can divide or share power between different layers of government or sub-state communities. Constitutions can proclaim the state's official religious identity and define the relationship between sacred and secular authorities. Constitutions can bind states to certain social, economic, or developmental

  objectives.
• True - A constitution is a set of fundamental legal-political rules that: As a minimum, meet the internationally recognized criteria for a democratic system in terms of representation and human rights.
• true - Constitutions can proclaim the state's official religious identity and define the relationship between sacred and secular authorities. This is especially significant in nations where religious and national identities are intertwined, or where religious law has historically impacted questions of personal status or the resolution of citizen conflicts.
• TRUE - Constitutions can bind states to certain social, economic, or developmental objectives. This might take the form of judicially enforceable socioeconomic rights, political-binding directive principles, or other declarations of commitment or purpose.
• TRUE - Constitutions as legal instruments: A constitution ‘marries power with justice’ (Lutz 2006: 17)—it makes power's operation procedurally predictable, preserves the rule of law, and restricts power's arbitrariness. It is the ultimate law of the nation, and it establishes the norms that regular legislation must follow.
• TRUE - Constitutions as social declarations: Constitutions frequently strive, to varied degrees, to reflect and influence society, for example, by expressing the people's (actual or planned) collective identity and goals, or by proclaiming shared values and principles. These clauses are often found in preambles and opening statements, but they can also be contained in oaths and mottos, or on flags and other symbols established by the Constitution.
• TRUE - Constitutions as political instruments: A country's decision-making institutions are prescribed by the constitution: constitutions "name the highest authority," "distribute power in a way that leads to effective decision making," and "give a framework for continued political conflict" (Lutz 2006: 17). The political provisions describe how state institutions (parliament, executive, courts, head of state, local governments, independent organizations, and so on) are organized, what powers they have, and how they interact with one another.