The document discusses key concepts related to constitutions including:
1) A constitution establishes the fundamental rules and principles of a state that define the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people.
2) Constitutions help establish clear rules to define how far freedoms can be exercised and responsibilities fulfilled while demanding rights are also fulfilled.
3) General principles in constitutions affect fundamental rights and are the basis for human rights like those in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The document discusses key concepts related to constitutions including:
1) A constitution establishes the fundamental rules and principles of a state that define the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people.
2) Constitutions help establish clear rules to define how far freedoms can be exercised and responsibilities fulfilled while demanding rights are also fulfilled.
3) General principles in constitutions affect fundamental rights and are the basis for human rights like those in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The document discusses key concepts related to constitutions including:
1) A constitution establishes the fundamental rules and principles of a state that define the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people.
2) Constitutions help establish clear rules to define how far freedoms can be exercised and responsibilities fulfilled while demanding rights are also fulfilled.
3) General principles in constitutions affect fundamental rights and are the basis for human rights like those in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Total 100% 10poin ts. 4.The Supreme Rule 3.Pure Theory of Law • All other rules must The idea of a Pure Theory of correspond with it and Law was propounded by the respect the rights and guarantees. formidable Austrian jurist • All authorities and and philosopher Hans Kelsen citizens must respect and (1881–1973). Usually comply with the standards attributed to Hans Kelsen is of the Constitution. the famous Stufenbautheorie • No rule or provision can (theory of stepped go against the Constitution. 5.General Notions Principles. construction), also called The constitutional principles are those that “theory of hierarchical order affect the result of superior values for of structure” or “normative humanity, therefore, they are the normative pyramid.” subsidies of fundamental rights. Rights. The rights are faculties, freedoms or basic values 2.What does the Constitution inherent to the human being, which means exist for? The that they belong to us by the simple fact of If the constitution did not Constituti being people. The rights are irrevocable and exist, possibly everyone would on inalienable, that is, the citizen cannot ignore want to impose their will and them, transmit them, sell them or renounce chaos and abuse would reign. them. All rights found in the Universal It helps us to have clear rules, Declaration of Human Rights must necessarily know exactly how far we can be embodied in the Constitution. Guarantees. exercise our freedom, fulfill Constitutional guarantees are the mechanisms that make our human rights enforceable when our responsibilities and there is some kind of violation. Constituent demand that our rights be 6.Constitutions of Ecuador Power. fulfilled. Since Independence, before the The power to elaborate or modify a Political founding of Ecuador, several Constitution is understood 1.What is a Constitution? constitutions were approved that Countries need to were drafted in the midst of the TOPIC 32…. establish fundamental independence wars. Then the and general rules for Constitution of Great Colombia was people and groups with adopted. The first constitution of our Skill: Bibliography… the country as a Republic was issued in Recognize the role of the https://tecnicosalesiano.esemti goal that they can live in Riobamba in 1830. Ecuador has had Constitution of the Republic as a.net/moodle/pluginfile.php/10 harmony. twenty constitutions. The high a fundamental rule 6511/mod_resource/content/1 number is not a success, but rather a problem, because it means that we of the State and legal basis of /32.%20The%20Constitution.pd TOPIC 34…. Skill: Identify and differentiate the 4.The Republic of Ecuador 5.State and nation organs of the government and Sovereignty Government Sovereignty is the Since its foundation, Ecuador is a national those of the Further, it must be noted most exclusive Ecuador was organized as a State, that is, a Ecuadorian State, their main that the territory of the state element of State. Republic. This name comes community of people powers and their mechanisms includes not only the land but State alone possess from the Latin language and settled in a territory, also, rivers, lakes, canals of connection with civil sovereignty. means "everybody's thing". which has inland seas if any, a portion of Without society. The republican form implies built a history, which has coastal sea—territorial sovereignty no that we form the State a common culture, waters or maritime belt, state can exit. people who are equal and traditions and objectives, continental shelf, mountains, 6.The Authorities hills and all other land democratically elect the and which maintains rulers. permanent economic ties. The highest authority of a features along with the air space above the territory. country is the people. Since the people cannot exercise power day by day, they appoint people Population 3.State as authorities to govern in their A population of Elemen name. A group of people more than fifteen ts is needed to work for the State, million inhabitants executing the orders of the of Ecuador. The Ecuadorian authorities state is a human institution. So Government, population is its Powers of primary element. Territory the State Space made up of land, sea and air space, in which we live. There are also animals, plants and 7.Ecuadorian State natural resources. Characteristics Territory is the second essential element of the State.
8.What does it take to
2.Ecuadorian State govern? Ecuador is a State. Following the most widespread concepts, 1.Who governs? it is a group of people Every society needs a who live in a physical government, that is, space or territory and institutions run by Bibliography… who have an authority people who are https://tecnicosalesiano.esemti with the ability to responsible for a.net/moodle/pluginfile.php/10 make decisions. organizing the activities 6512/mod_resource/content/1 of citizens. That is, to /34.%20Ecuadorian%20Govern exercise political ment%2C%20Functions%20of% power. Rulers must not 20the%20State.pdf abuse their power.