Portal:Constitutional documents
Codified constitutions Edit
Afghanistan Edit
- Constitution of Afghanistan (1923)
- Fundamental Principles of the Government of Afghanistan (1931)
- Fundamental Principles of the Government of Afghanistan (1952)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1964)
- Fundamental Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980)
- Constitution of the Republic of Afghanistan (1987)
- Constitution of the Republic of Afghanistan (1990)
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004)
Albania Edit
- Constitution of the Republic of Albania (1925)
- Fundamental Law of the Kingdom of Albania (1928)
- Fundamental Law of the Kingdom of Albania (1939)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Albania (1946)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Albania (1950)
- Constitution of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1976)
- Law on Major Constitutional Provisions (Albania, 1991)
- Constitution of Albania (1998)
Algeria Edit
Andorra Edit
Angola Edit
Antigua and Barbuda Edit
Argentina Edit
Armenia Edit
Australia Edit
- Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
- Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942
- Australia Act 1986
New South Wales Edit
Pre-Federation Constitutional Documents Edit
- New South Wales Act (1823) (The United Kingdom)
- NSW Constitution Act (1842) (The United Kingdom)
- NSW Constitution Act (1855) (The United Kingdom)
Queensland Edit
South Australia Edit
Tasmania Edit
Victoria Edit
Western Australia Edit
- Western Australia Act (1829)
- Constitution Act (1889)
Austria Edit
- Constitutional Act for the Empire of Austria, 25 April 1848 (Pillersdorf Constitution)
- Constitution of the Empire of Austria, 4 March 1849 (March Constitution or Stadion Constitution)
- October Diploma
- February Patent
- Constitution of the Republic of Austria (1920)
- Constitution of the Federal State of Austria (1934)
- Constitution of Austria
Azerbaijan Edit
The Bahamas Edit
Bahrain Edit
- Constitution of the State of Bahrain (1973)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain (2002)
- National Action Charter of Bahrain
Bangladesh Edit
Barbados Edit
Belarus Edit
- Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (1994)
- Constitution of the Republic of Belarus Schema (1996)
Belgium Edit
Belize Edit
Benin Edit
- Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey (1960)
- Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey (1964)
- Fundamental Law of the People's Republic of Benin (1977)
- Constitution of the Republic of Benin (1990)
Bhutan Edit
Bolivia Edit
- Constitution of the Bolivian Republic of 1826
- Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia of 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edit
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Edit
Republika Srpska Edit
Botswana Edit
Brazil Edit
- Constitution of the Empire of Brazil (1824)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1891)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1934)
- Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1937)
- Constitution of the United State of Brazil (1946)
- Constitution of Brazil (1967)
- Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988)
Brunei Edit
Bulgaria Edit
- Constitution of the Principality of Bulgaria (1879) (Trnovo Constitution)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1947)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1971)
- Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria (1991)
Burkina Faso Edit
- Constitution of Upper Volta (1960)
- Constitution of Upper Volta (1970)
- Constitution of Upper Volta (1977)
- Constitution of Burkina Faso (1991)
Burundi Edit
Cambodia Edit
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1947)
- Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea
- Constitution of the Popular Republic of Kampuchea (1981)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993)
Cameroon Edit
- Southern Cameroons (Constitution) Order in Council, 1960
- Constitution of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961)
- Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon
Canada Edit
Cape Verde Edit
Central African Republic Edit
Chad Edit
Chile Edit
China Edit
People's Republic of China Edit
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1954)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1975)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1978)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1982)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1988)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1993)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (1999)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (2004)
- Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (2018)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (2018)
- Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Full text of latest edition)
Special Administrative Regions Edit
- Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997)
- Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap. 383) (1991)
Hong Kong Letters Patent
- Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (1999)
Great Qing Edit
- Principles of the Constitution (1908)
- Nineteen Articles (1911)
Republic of China Edit
- Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (1912)
- Draft Constitution of the Republic of China (1913)
- Constitutional Compact (1914)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1923)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1925)
- Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (1931)
- Draft Constitution of the Republic of China (1936)
- Constitution of the Republic of China (1947)
- Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion (1972)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1991)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1992)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1994)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1997)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (1999)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (2000)
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (2005)
Colombia Edit
- Constitution of Colombia (1991)
The Comoros Edit
Congo, Democratic Republic of Edit
Congo, Republic of Edit
Costa Rica Edit
Cook Islands Edit
Côte d'Ivoire Edit
Croatia Edit
- Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (adopted 1990, last amended 2001)
Cuba Edit
- Constitution of Cuba (1940)
- Constitution of Cuba (adopted 1976, last amended 2002)
Cyprus Edit
Northern Cyprus Edit
- Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Constitution of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1985)
Czechoslovakia Edit
Czech Republic Edit
Denmark Edit
Djibouti Edit
Dominica Edit
Dominican Republic Edit
East Timor Edit
Ecuador Edit
Egypt Edit
- Constitution of Egypt (1971)
- Constitution of Egypt (2012)
- Draft constitution (2013) (English translation; State Information Service, Egypt)
- Constitution of Egypt (2014) (English translation; State Information Service, Egypt)
El Salvador Edit
Equatorial Guinea Edit
Eritrea Edit
Estonia Edit
- Constitution of the Esthonian Republic, 1920
- Decision of the Estonian people for convening the National Constituent Assembly, 1936
- Law for the transition period, 1937
- Constitution of the Estonian Republic, 1938
- Constitution of the Estonian Republic (1992)
Eswatini (Swaziland) Edit
Ethiopia Edit
Fiji Edit
Finland Edit
Past Edit
France Edit
Constitutional Bloc Edit
- Declaration of human and civic rights of 26 August 1789
- Preamble to the Constitution of 27 October 1946
- Constitution of 4 October 1958 (as amended)
- Charter for the Environment of 2004
Past Constitutions Edit
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- French Constitution of 1791
- French Constitution of 1793
- Constitution of the Year III (1795)
- Constitution of the Year VIII (1799)
- Organic Senatus-Consultum of 16 Thermidor, Year X (4 August 1802)
- Organic Senatus-Consultum of 28 Floréal, Year XII (1804)
- French Constitutional Charter of 1814
- Additional Act to the Constitutions of the French Empire of 1815 (1815)
- French Constitutional Charter of 1830
- Proclamation by the French Provisional Government (1848)
- French Constitution of 1848
- French Constitution of 1852
- French Senatus-Consultum of November 7, 1852
- French Constitutional Laws of 1875
- French Constitutional Law of 1940
- French Constitution of 1946
- Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
Gabon Edit
The Gambia Edit
Georgia Edit
Abkhazia Edit
Germany Edit
- Constitution of the German Empire (1871)
- Weimar constitution (1919)
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1949 original and further revisions)
- Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1949 original and further revisions)
Bavaria Edit
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1808)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1818)
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (1919) (Bamberg Constitution)
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (1946) (unamended)
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (1946) (as amended)
Berlin Edit
- Constitution of Berlin of 23 November 1995, as amended as of 22 March 2016.
Brandenburg Edit
- Constitution of Brandenburg (1992)
North Rhine-Westphalia Edit
Prussia Edit
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia (1848, revised 1850)
- Constitution of the Free State of Prussia (1920)
Ghana Edit
- Constitution of Ghana (1992)
Greece Edit
- Greek Declaration of Independence 1822
- Constitution of Greece (1844)
- Constitution of Greece (1864)
- Constitution of Greece (1911)
- Constitution of Greece (1927)
- Constitution of Greece (1952)
- Constitution of Greece (1968)
- Constitution of Greece (1973)
- Constitution of Greece (1975, without amendments)
- Constitution of Greece (1975, last amended 2001)
Grenada Edit
Guatemala Edit
Guinea Edit
Guinea-Bissau Edit
Guyana Edit
Haiti Edit
- Constitution of Saint-Domingue (1801)
- Constitution of Hayti (1805)
- Revision of the Haitian Constitution of 1806 (1816)
- Constitution of Haiti (1987)
Honduras Edit
Hungary Edit
Iceland Edit
India Edit
- Constitution of India (1949 original)
Indonesia Edit
- Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia of 1945
- Jakarta Charter (also known as the Djakarta Charter)
Pasundan Edit
Iran Edit
- "The Bases of the Persian Constitution" in The Persian Revolution of 1905-1909 (1910)
- Consists of
- The Farmán of August 5, 1906
- The Electoral Law of September 9, 1906
- The Fundamental Laws of December 30, 1906
- The Supplementary Fundamental Laws of October 7, 1907
- The New Electoral Law of July 1, 1909
- Consists of
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979, last amendment 1989)
Iraq Edit
Ireland Edit
Irish Republic Edit
- Proclamation of the Republic (1916)
- Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)
- Constitution of Dáil Éireann (1919)
- Message to the Free Nations of the World (1919)
- Democratic Programme (1919)
Irish Free State Edit
- Constitution of the Irish Free State (consolidated text)
- Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922
- Irish Free State Constitution Act, 1922
Ireland Edit
- Constitution of Ireland (original text) (1937)
- Constitution of Ireland (1937, last amended 2018)
- Transitory Provisions of the Constitution of Ireland (1937, last amended 1941)
Italy Edit
- Statuto Albertino (written in 1848, adopted in 1861)
- Constitution of Italy (written in 1947, adopted in 1948)
Fiume Edit
- Constitution of Fiume or Carnaro (1920)
Jamaica Edit
Japan Edit
Jordan Edit
- Constitution of Jordan (1952)
Kazakhstan Edit
Kenya Edit
Kiribati Edit
Korea, North Edit
- Constitution of North Korea (1948)
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972)
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1992)
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1998)
- Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2012)
- Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2016)
Korea, South Edit
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1948)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1952)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1954)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (June 1960)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (November 1960)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1962)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1969)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1972)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1980)
- Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1987)
Kosovo Edit
Kuwait Edit
Kyrgyzstan Edit
Laos Edit
Latvia Edit
Lebanon Edit
Lesotho Edit
Liberia Edit
Libya Edit
Liechtenstein Edit
Lithuania Edit
Luxembourg Edit
North Macedonia Edit
- The first Constitution of Macedonia - Kresna 1878
- Krushevo Manifesto (1903)
- Constitution of Macedonia
- Declaration of Sovereignty of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1991)
- Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia (2019)
Madagascar Edit
Malawi Edit
Malaysia Edit
Maldives Edit
Mali Edit
Malta Edit
Marshall Islands Edit
Mauritania Edit
Mauritius Edit
Mexico Edit
- Constitution of Mexico (1824)
- Constitution of Mexico (1857)
- Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (unamended)
Micronesia, Federated States of Edit
- Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Constitution of the State of Chuuk
- Constitution of the State of Kosrae
- Constitution of the State of Pohnpei
- Constitution of the State of Yap
Moldova Edit
Transnistria Edit
- Constitution of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (1995, last amended 2000)
Monaco Edit
Mongolia Edit
Montenegro Edit
Morocco Edit
Mozambique Edit
Myanmar Edit
- Constitution of Burma (1943), enacted by the Japanese-controlled State of Burma
- Constitution of the Union of Burma (1948)
- Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974)
- Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008)
Namibia Edit
- Constitution of Namibia (1990)
Nauru Edit
Nepal Edit
Netherlands Edit
Nicaragua Edit
Niger Edit
Nigeria Edit
Niue Edit
Norway Edit
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, original of 17. May 1814
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, as amended 2007
Oman Edit
Pakistan Edit
Palau Edit
Palestine Edit
- Constitution of Palestine of 1968
- Palestinian Declaration of Independence (1988)
- Constitution of Palestine of 1994
- Constitution of Palestine of 1996
- Constitution of Palestine (2003)
Panama Edit
Papua New Guinea Edit
- Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (incorporated up to Amendment 22)
Paraguay Edit
Peru Edit
The Philippines Edit
- Provisional Constitution of the Philippines (1897)
- Philippine Declaration of Independence
- Constitution of the Philippines (1899)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1935)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1943)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1973)
- Constitution of the Philippines (1987)
Poland Edit
- New Constitution of the Government of Poland, Established by the Revolution, the Third of May, 1791
- Constitution of May 3, 1791 (Translated by Christopher Kasparek)
- Constitutional Charter of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
- March Constitution of Poland (1921)
- April Constitution of Poland (1935)
- Small Constitution of 1947
- Small Constitution of 1992
- Constitution of the Republic of Poland (1997)
Portugal Edit
Qatar Edit
Romania Edit
- Constitution of Romania (1866)
- Constitution of Romania (1923)
- Constitution of Romania (1938)
- Constitution of Romania (1948)
- Constitution of Romania (1952)
- Constitution of Romania (1965)
- Constitution of Romania (1991)
- Constitution of Romania (2003)
Russia Edit
- Resolution on the form of government of Russia
- 1918 Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the RSFSR
- Constitution of the Russian Federation
Rwanda Edit
Saint Kitts and Nevis Edit
Saint Lucia Edit
Samoa Edit
São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Saudi Arabia Edit
Senegal Edit
Serbia Edit
- Constitution of the Principality of Serbia (1869)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Serbia (1888)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Serbia (1901)
- Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro (2003)
- Constitution of Serbia (2006)
Seychelles Edit
Sierra Leone Edit
Singapore Edit
Slovakia Edit
Slovenia Edit
Solomon Islands Edit
Somalia Edit
Somaliland Edit
South Africa Edit
South Sudan Edit
Spain Edit
- Spanish Constitution of 1808
- Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1812)
- Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1837)
- Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1845)
- Spanish Constitution of 1869
- Draft Federal Constitution of the Spanish Republic (1873)
- Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (1876)
- Constitution of the Spanish Republic (1931)
- Spanish Constitution of 1978
Sri Lanka Edit
Sudan Edit
Suriname Edit
Sweden Edit
Switzerland Edit
- Foedus pactum (1291)
- Swiss Constitution (1999, last amended 2002)
Syria Edit
Taiwan Edit
Tajikistan Edit
Tanzania Edit
Thailand Edit
Togo Edit
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1961)
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1963)
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1979-80)
- Constitution of the Togolese Republic (1992)
Tonga Edit
- Constitution of Tonga (1875)
Trinidad and Tobago Edit
- Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago (1962)
- Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (2000)
Tunisia Edit
Turkey Edit
- Constitution of the Ottoman Empire (1876)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1921)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1924)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1945)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (1961)
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (2004)
Turkmenistan Edit
Tuvalu Edit
Uganda Edit
- Constitution of Uganda (1962)
- Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1967)
- Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995)
Ukraine Edit
United Arab Emirates Edit
United States Edit
Uruguay Edit
Uzbekistan Edit
Vanuatu Edit
Venezuela Edit
- Federal Constitution for the States of Venezuela (1811)
- Political Constitution of the State of Venezuela (1819)
- Constitution of the State of Venezuela (1830)
- Constitution of Venezuela (1857)
- Constitution of Venezuela (1858)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1864)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1874)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1881)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1891)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1893)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1901)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1904)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1909)
- Venezuelan Provisional Constitutional Statute (1914)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1914)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1925)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1928)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1929)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1931)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1936)
- Constitution of the United States of Venezuela (1947)
- Act of Constitution of the Provisional Government of the United States of Venezuela, 24 November 1948
- Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela (1953)
- Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela (1961)
- Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1999)
Vietnam Edit
- Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (1945)
- Constitution of Vietnam (1946)
- Constitution of Vietnam (1980)
- Constitution of Vietnam (1992)
- Constitution of Vietnam (2001)
- Constitution of Vietnam (2013)
North Vietnam Edit
South Vietnam Edit
Yemen Edit
- Constitution of Yemen (1962)
- Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971)
- Provisional Constitution of the Yemen Arab Republic (1974)
- Constitution of the Republic of Yemen (1991)
Zambia Edit
Zimbabwe Edit
Multilateral Constitutions Edit
African Union Edit
European Union Edit
- Treaty on European Union (Treaty of Maastricht) (1992)
- Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004)
- Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Federation of Earth Edit
Union of South American Nations Edit
United Nations Edit
Uncodified constitutions Edit
Uncodified constitution means that constitutional laws are not all contained in one single document but spread out over several different documents.
Israel Edit
New Zealand Edit
- New Zealand Constitution Act (1986)
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990)
- Letters Patent Constituting the Office Of Governor-General Of New Zealand (1983)
- Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
- The Declaration of Independence of the Northern Chiefs (1835)
Proposed amendments:
United Kingdom Edit
Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Edit
Gibraltar Edit
Sark Edit
- Sark Letters Patent of 1565
- Sark Letters Patent of 1611
- Suspension of the Sark Court and Institution of the Office of Seneschal by Order in Council in 1675
- Reform (Sark) Law 1951
- Reform (Amendment) (Sark) Law 1981
Turks and Caicos Islands Edit
Constitutions of former countries Edit
Confederate States Edit
- Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America (8 February 1861)
- Constitution of the Confederate States of America (signed 11 March 1861; ratified 29 March 1861)
Czechoslovakia Edit
German Democratic Republic Edit
- Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (adopted 1949, amended 1968)
Iroquois Confederacy Edit
- The Iroquois Constitution (oral constitution created between 1090 and 1150)
Senegambia Edit
Republic of Texas Edit
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Edit
- 1918 Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the RSFSR, see Russia
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1924)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977, Unamended)
- Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977, Fully amended)
Yugoslavia Edit
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1921)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1931)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1946)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1953)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1963)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1974)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia (1992)
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Edit
Constitutions of unrecognized entities Edit
Sealand Edit
About constitutions Edit
- "Constitution of the United States," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)