1) Constitutional law treats of the organization, powers and frame of , the distribution of political and governmental .
2) In the broadest sense a constitution is governing the affairs of an organized group.
3) Every political community, and thus every national state, has a .
4) In this sense of the term the only conceivable alternative to a is a condition of anarchy.
5) Constitutions may be written or , they may be complex or .
6) Modern constitutional law is the offspring of nationalism as well as of the idea that the state must protect fundamental of the individual.
7) By definition, the rules spelled out in the constitution are considered to be .
8) Today, almost all states have documents describing the fundamental organs of the state, the ways they should operate, and, usually, the they must respect.