{"id":113219,"date":"2021-06-17T16:11:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=113219"},"modified":"2023-03-15T22:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T17:04:15","slug":"difference-between-written-and-unwritten-constitution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/difference-between-written-and-unwritten-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Written and Unwritten constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Constitution is a set of fundamental laws or rules of a country or organization. It is generally of two types-<strong>written<\/strong> and <strong>unwritten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The constitution of India is a written constitution.<\/li>\n<li>Britain&#8217;s Constitution is an example of unwritten Constitution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article, we will discuss some differences between a written and unwritten Constitution.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 559px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #000000;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; background: #222222; color: #ffffff; height: 83px;\">\n<h5>Written Constitution<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; background: #222222; color: #ffffff; height: 83px;\">\n<h5>Unwritten Constitution<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 112px;\">A Written Constitution is one that is codified and written in a <strong>single document<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 112px;\">An unwritten Constitution is a type of Constitution <strong>devoid of laws or provisions set in writing<\/strong>. It is documented despite not being incorporated in a single book.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 28px;\">It is a <strong>federal feature<\/strong> of Constitution.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 28px;\">It is a <strong>unitary feature<\/strong> of the Constitution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 28px;\">In this type of Constitution, <strong>Constitution is supreme<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 28px;\">In this type of Constitution, <strong>Parliament is supreme.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 28px;\">It is <strong>flexible<\/strong> in nature.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 28px;\">It may be rigid, flexible or both.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 56px;\">To ensure constitutional supremacy, the<strong> judiciary has more powers.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 56px;\"><strong>Judiciary has limited powers<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 56px;\">Framed and compiled in a<strong> step by step manner.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 56px;\">Evolves over a<strong> long period of time<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 112px;\">Specifies the <strong>structure, organization, powers and functions of both the Centre and the states<\/strong> governments and <strong>prescribes the limits<\/strong> within which they must operate.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 112px;\">There are <strong>no specific rules and functions<\/strong> for the Centre and states to operate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We hope now you&#8217;re absolutely clear about the difference between a written and an unwritten Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Till next time.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/difference-between-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Other articles in the &#8216;Difference between&#8217; series<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitution is a set of fundamental laws or rules of a country or organization. It is generally of two types-written and unwritten. The constitution of India is a written constitution. Britain&#8217;s Constitution is an example of unwritten Constitution. In this article, we will discuss some differences between a written and unwritten Constitution. Written Constitution Unwritten&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/difference-between-written-and-unwritten-constitution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Difference between Written and Unwritten constitution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}