United StatesConstitution of the United States of America of 17 September 1787FranceDeclaration of 1789 Preamble of 1946 Constitution Electoral Code GermanyBasic Law Federal Elections Act The NetherlandsCharter for the Kingdom The Netherlands: Constitution The Netherlands: Elections Act United KingdomBill of Rights 1689 Parliament Act 1911/1949 Human Rights Act 1998 Constitutional Reform Act 2005 Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 Scotland Act 1998Northern Ireland Act 1998Government of Wales Act 2006 European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018United StatesConstitution and AmendmentsCouncil of EuropeEuropean European Convention on Human Rights (Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) Protocol 16 to the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental FreedomsEUTreaty on European Union (2007)Selected provision of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).Protocol (No 1) on the role of National Parliaments in the European UnionProtocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionalityCharter of Fundamental Rights of The European UnionComparative Constitutional Law Documents contains a selection of constitutions and fundamental legislative instruments from five Western democracies: the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.Comparative Constitutional Law Documents contains a selection of constitutions and fundamental legislative instruments from five Western democracies: the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, it provides the text of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Treaty on European Union, and selected provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The documents reproduced in this book are rendered either in the original authentic, English, or in new translation under critical editorship.Comparative Constitutional Law Documents allows students and interested readers to understand the peculiarities and similarities of different Western constitutional systems in a direct comparison.Comparative Constitutional Law Documents contains a selection of constitutions and fundamental legislative instruments from five Western democracies: the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.