Luucan Constitution Analysis

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Tracing back to the island of Luucane, it is believed that it is best that the people follow a representative democracy. Although the island is rather small it is important that only a few elected individuals debate on the issues. If the island of Luucane follow a direct representative then the people may face divisive opinions and never come to a solution. The island’s political issues may be too complexing for an average electorate to understand and educating every single electorate would be to difficult and is time consuming. It is best to leave it up to the elected officials to determine what is right. With this, a representative democracy will maintain the island’s peace. Since the form of democracy for Luucan has been established, representative …show more content…

A constitution will create laws based on an ideal image and would expect the nation to replicate that image by following the set laws. Just like how the United States did it, there will be three main parts to it; the preamble, the articles, and the amendments. The preamble of the island of Luucan will be the introduction to its constitution. The preamble will include the purpose of the Federal government. The second part to the Constitution would be the seven articles. Our articles will mention the structures of the government and go in-depth on how the Constitution is a “living” document. The third part, and final part, are the amendments. The first ten amendments are labeled the “Bill of Rights”. As mentioned before, the amendments guarantee rights such as freedom of speech to citizens. When the constitution was established, it was in favor of a Federal democratic republic. A Federal democratic republic was favored because it was centered around the people; the people governed and it and power was derived from them as well. The three main principles of the constitution were; “Inherent rights, Self-Government, and Separation of …show more content…

Following a Representative Democracy there will need to be a system; Federalism, Unitary, and Confederation. A Federal system its governmental powers are divided between states and a central government. Neither the state nor the central government are more powerful than one another. Although the powers come from the same place, the federal and the state both have their individual responsibilities and powers that are unique. Contrasting Federalism are two types of government; confederation and unitary. In a confederation government, the constituents would meet up and deliberate over issues but still have the ability to veto governmental actions. The central government also has no control over subunit governments and acts at the sufferance of the subunits. An example of this, would be when the United Nations and the American government meet under the Articles of Confederation. The other type of system, Unitary, is more power-centered. The central government dominates most of the power and has the ability to amend and control its constituent units. A federal government shares power between the central government and subunit governments share power. For Luucane the powers will be divided between two governments; the central government and the regional government. Not only will this grant expressed powers to the national government but it will also grant the states the remainder of the powers. To add

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