IV. SPEAKING

1. Express your ideas as for Aristotle’s belief of the best form of the constitution.

2. How does constitutional meaning shift with other changes in political structure?

3. How does constitutional meaning shift with changes in cultural norms?

4. How much weight should we give to the history of the Constitution?

5. In what ways are rights and freedoms of people embodied in constitutions?

Choose one of the questions from the previous block as the topic for representation.

Unit 1 Constitutional Law Section 2 Constitution of Ukraine

I. LEAD-IN

Read the sentences. Three of these sentences are wrong. Find them and say why you have chosen them.

1. Ukraine has no written constitution.

2. The Constitution of Ukraine was adopted in 1996.

3. The form of state government is a presidential republic.

4. The power in Ukraine belongs to people.

5. The Constitution was confirmed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

6. The Constitution can be interpreted only by the Constitutional Court.

7. Laws and other normative legal acts must conform to the Constitution of Ukraine.

8. The right to amend the Constitution is vested with the Cabinet of Ministers.

Read the text and work over the terms italicized in the text:

Vocabulary Notes:

To promulgate – проголошувати, оприлюднювати

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