Constituent Assembly

Constituent Assembly in Election Law

Body that is usually elected and whose purpose is to draft a country’s constitution. A constituent assembly is set up when a state is created by obtaining independence, following a secession or change of regime or when a state wishes to change its constitution.

Constituent Assembly and Europe

There is an entry on constituent assembly in the European legal encyclopedia.

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Further Reading

• Entry “Constituent Assembly” in the work “A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein”, by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)

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• Election Law
• Electoral Laws
• Electoral Legislation