No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain

Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by astrange on Monday May 01, 2023 @04:02AM (#35770182)

I'd say Canada has a better system; there's at least a parliamentary act passed saying what's in the constitution, and the people who wrote it are still around to explain themselves. (Australia loses points because they forgot to have a bill of rights.)

The US changes its constitution by just having the Supreme Court make things up. As you can see from the Lochner era, this has rarely worked well.

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Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by goosedragons on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:14AM (#35771250)

There are uncodefied parts of the Canadian constitution too. The codefied parts begin with a sentence that's essentially "copy/paste the UK constitution here". The Supreme Court of Canada has also said they can add unwritten parts of the constitution and the written parts aren't exhaustive.

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