KLASIFIKASI KONSTITUSI

ARISTOTELES

Type of Constitution

Good or True Form

Bad or Perverted Form

Government of One Monarchy or Royalty Tyranny or Despotism

Government of the Few Aristocracy Oligarchy

Government of the Many Polity Democracy

• The nature of the state to which the constitution applies;

• The nature of the constitution itself;• The nature of the legislature;• The nature of the executive;• The nature of the judiciary

KLASIFIKASI MODERN

The nature of state to which the constitution applies

Unitary State organized under a single central

gov.Supreme legislative authority by one

central power (dicey).Federal

a political contrivance to reconcile national unity and power with the maintenance of ‘state rights’.

Characteristic: the supremacy of the constitution.Distribution of power between the federal

state and co-ordinate state forming it.Supreme authority to settle any dispute

which may arise between the federal and state authorities.

Centralized Localized/

Decentralized

The Nature of The Constitution

• Unwrittengrown up on the basis of custom.

• WrittenIn the form of a document which has special sanctity

•Documentary•Non-documentary

The Nature of the Constitution

“Whether the process of constitutional law-making is or is not identical with the process of ordinary law-making.”

FlexibleConstitution can be altered or amended without special machinary.

RigidRequire special procedure for its alteration of amendment.

THE NATURE LEGISLATURE

1. Electoral System, by which voters choose the members of legislature. Suffrage

a. Adult suffrage;b. Qualified adult suffrage

Kind of Constituencya. Multi-member contituencyb. Single-member constituency

THE NATURE OF LEGISLATURE

2. Types of Second ChamberElection

a. Electiveb. Non-electivec. Partly elective

Strenghtnessa. Strong bicameralb. Soft bicameral

THE NATURE OF THE EXECUTIVE

• Parliamentary Executive • Non Parliamentary Executive

THE NATURE OF THE JUDICIARY

• Whether subject to Rule of Law or under Administrative Law.

• Whether centralized or decentralized judiciary.