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Don't Canada and Sweden also lack written constitutions?

• dane-pgp 4y ago
  "According to ... the Constitution Act, 1982, the Canadian Constitution consists of the Canada Act 1982 (which includes the Constitution Act, 1982), acts and orders referred to in its schedule (including in particular the Constitution Act, 1867...), and any amendments to these documents."[0] "The Basic Laws of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges grundlagar) are the four constitutional laws of the Kingdom of Sweden that regulate the Swedish political system, acting in a similar manner to the constitutions of most countries. ... Together, they constitute a basic framework that stands above other laws and regulation, and also define which agreements are themselves above normal Swedish law."[1] You're right, though, that sounds a lot like the arrangement that Israel has, and the Wikipedia article for the "Basic Laws of Israel"[2] says (without citation): "Israel is one of 6 countries (along with Canada, New Zealand, San Marino, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom) that operates entirely or in part according to an uncodified constitution..." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Sweden [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Israel