On the other hand the constitution which can not be amended by ordinary law makingprocess, need two-third majority for amended Constitution.Bangladesh Constitution is rigid constitution.ConstitutionState is the political organization which is administered by the group of personknown as the government. When we say the government of a state, it means basicallythe executive, the legislative and the judiciary. But this government cannot runthe state according to their whim and caprice. There has to be certain rules andprinciples on the basis and under the authority of which the government can runthe state. This set of principle is called the Constitution.(Md Abdul Halim: Constitution, Constitutional law and Politics; BangladeshPerspective)Tomas Paine remark that,“Government without a Constitution is a powerwithout a right.”Like many other terms in political science, the term “constitution” has beenvariously defined by different writers according to the varying conception whichthey hold as to what Constitution should be.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,We can find Constitution as,“A constitution is a system for governance,often codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles ofan autonomous political entity. In the case of countries, this term refersspecifically to a national constitution defining the fundamental politicalprinciples, and establishing the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of agovernment. Most national constitutions also guarantee certain rights to thepeople. Historically, before the evolution of modern-style, codified nationalconstitutions, the term constitution could be applied to any important law thatgoverned the functioning of a government.”[By Wikipedia definition we can find that constitution is a state book offundamental political principles, and establishing the structure, procedures,powers and duties, of a government, which help the government to guide thenation/state.]In Black Law Dictionary,“The fundamental and organic law of a nation or state that establishes theinstitution and system of government, defines the scope of governmental sovereignpowers, and guarantees individual civil rights and civil liberties.”[By Black Law Dictionary definition constitution is a collection of fundamentaland organic law of a nation or state which define the scope, duty, right & powerof the sovereign government and which give the guarantee of civil right and civilliberties. That mean what will be state policy, what is the duty of thegovernment, how they fulfill/ maintain it and what is the right of the governmentagainst people of the state.]Aristotle define,“The way of life the state has chosen for itself.[This definition is very ancient and no clear characteristics of a constitutioncan be found in it. He not defined what can be state life]According to C. F. Strong,“A constitution may be said to be a collection of principle according to
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