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    It is not the case that Writtenness is not a defining feature of constitutionalism

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    • 1.The United Kingdom has a constitution that has historically taken largely unwritten form
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    • 2.The UK constitution demonstrates that constitutions can exist without a single written document resembling the American Constitution
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    • 1.H.L.A. Hart's distinction between primary and secondary rules grounds constitutional authority in social practice and recognition, not textual inscription.
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    • 2.A rule of recognition functions as constitutional law when officials treat it as binding, regardless of whether it appears in any written document.
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    • 3.New Zealand's uncodified constitution, operating through parliamentary statute and convention, exercises genuine supreme normative authority without a single written text.
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    • 1.Lon Fuller's internal morality of law identifies fidelity to principle—not document form—as the criterion distinguishing constitutional governance from arbitrary rule.
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    • 2.Constitutionalism's core function is limiting governmental power through durable, higher-order norms, a function conventions and common law can perform as effectively as written charters.
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