Analysis Of The Sumerian Government Constitution

This Sumerian Government Constitution begins with its preamble, which summarizes the main principles that influence the articles that follow it. There is a few references paying homage to God because of the strong Islamic presence in the country. The ideas of universal suffrage and anti-discrimination are included as a means to show the more prevalent ideas of a democracy. Language of a more unified government is added to show that the central government shall be powerful and not one that allows more power to be given to the states making them prone to disobeying federal law. This idea comes from the weakness of the U.S. central government during the time of its articles of confederation. The states were at war with each other, did not obey federal law, and as a result countries did not trust doing business with such an unorganized state. I wanted to create a sense of nationalism in the preamble that stems from the Sumerian people overthrowing an iron fist authoritarian. Civic nationalism can sometimes be an appropriate choice for binding the people together as one nation;

There is nothing in the constitution that says political parties cannot have strong religious beliefs, but there is a portion that states members of parliament will not be attacked for having or sharing their beliefs. In article six of the Sumerian Constitution rule of law is discussed. Regardless of the citizens location as long as they are within the country the same rule applies to them. This is a means of showing that the government holds a monopoly of coercion over its citizens. Non-citizens was included because everyone who is physically in the country needs to abide to the same laws as long as they reside in