National Constitutions - HTML

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<thead><tr><th>code</th><th>slug</th><th>name</th><th>description</th><th>constitutionName</th><th>yearEnacted</th><th>yearEstablished</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>US</td><td>united-states</td><td>United States of America</td><td>The world's oldest current written constitution.</td><td>Constitution of the United States</td><td>1789</td><td>1788</td></tr>
<tr><td>NO</td><td>norway</td><td>Norway</td><td>The second oldest current written constitution in Europe.</td><td>Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway</td><td></td><td>1814</td></tr>
<tr><td>NL</td><td>netherlands</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>Constitution adopted after the Congress of Vienna.</td><td>Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands</td><td></td><td>1815</td></tr>
<tr><td>BE</td><td>belgium</td><td>Belgium</td><td>Constitution adopted after independence from the Netherlands.</td><td>Constitution of Belgium</td><td></td><td>1831</td></tr>
<tr><td>CA</td><td>canada</td><td>Canada</td><td>Adopted when British colonies formed a dominion.</td><td>Constitution of Canada</td><td>1867</td><td>1867</td></tr>
<tr><td>LU</td><td>luxembourg</td><td>Luxembourg</td><td>Constitution establishing permanent neutrality after the Franco-Prussian War.</td><td>Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg</td><td></td><td>1868</td></tr>
<tr><td>AU</td><td>australia</td><td>Australia</td><td>Federal constitution enacted by the British Parliament.</td><td>Constitution of Australia</td><td>1901</td><td>1900</td></tr>
<tr><td>MX</td><td>mexico</td><td>Mexico</td><td>Adopted after the collapse of the Porfirio Diaz dictatorship.</td><td>Constitution of the United Mexican States</td><td></td><td>1917</td></tr>
<tr><td>AT</td><td>austria</td><td>Austria</td><td>Constitution of the First Austrian Republic.</td><td>Federal Constitutional Law of Austria</td><td>1920</td><td>1920</td></tr>
<tr><td>EE</td><td>estonia</td><td>Estonia</td><td>Constitution adopted after independence from Russia.</td><td>Constitution of the Republic of Estonia</td><td>1922</td><td>1922</td></tr>
<tr><td>IE</td><td>ireland</td><td>Ireland</td><td>Constitution declaring independence from the United Kingdom.</td><td>Constitution of Ireland</td><td>1937</td><td>1937</td></tr>
<tr><td>IS</td><td>iceland</td><td>Iceland</td><td>Constitution adopted upon independence from Denmark.</td><td>Constitution of the Republic of Iceland</td><td>1944</td><td>1944</td></tr>
<tr><td>JP</td><td>japan</td><td>Japan</td><td>Constitution known as a symbol of post-war democracy.</td><td>Constitution of Japan</td><td>1947</td><td>1946</td></tr>
<tr><td>IT</td><td>italy</td><td>Italy</td><td>Constitution establishing the transition to republic after abolition of monarchy.</td><td>Constitution of the Italian Republic</td><td>1948</td><td>1947</td></tr>
<tr><td>DE</td><td>germany</td><td>Germany</td><td>Basic Law protecting human rights through 'eternal clauses'.</td><td>Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany</td><td>1949</td><td>1949</td></tr>
<tr><td>IN</td><td>india</td><td>India</td><td>The world's longest written constitution.</td><td>Constitution of India</td><td>1950</td><td>1950</td></tr>
<tr><td>DK</td><td>denmark</td><td>Denmark</td><td>Constitution comprehensively revised after liberation from Nazi occupation.</td><td>Constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark</td><td></td><td>1953</td></tr>
<tr><td>FR</td><td>france</td><td>France</td><td>Constitution establishing the Fifth Republic.</td><td>Constitution of the Fifth French Republic</td><td>1958</td><td>1958</td></tr>
<tr><td>SE</td><td>sweden</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Constitution transitioning from Instrument of Government to four fundamental laws.</td><td>Instrument of Government of Sweden</td><td>1975</td><td>1974</td></tr>
<tr><td>ES</td><td>spain</td><td>Spain</td><td>Democratization constitution after the end of the Franco dictatorship.</td><td>Spanish Constitution</td><td>1978</td><td>1978</td></tr>
<tr><td>PT</td><td>portugal</td><td>Portugal</td><td>Democratization constitution after the Carnation Revolution.</td><td>Constitution of the Portuguese Republic</td><td>1976</td><td>1976</td></tr>
<tr><td>GR</td><td>greece</td><td>Greece</td><td>Democratic restoration constitution after the collapse of military rule.</td><td>Constitution of Greece</td><td>1975</td><td>1975</td></tr>
<tr><td>CN</td><td>china</td><td>China</td><td>Current constitution adopted during the reform and opening-up period.</td><td>Constitution of the People's Republic of China</td><td>1982</td><td>1982</td></tr>
<tr><td>BR</td><td>brazil</td><td>Brazil</td><td>Democratization constitution known as the 'Citizen Constitution'.</td><td>Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil</td><td>1988</td><td>1988</td></tr>
<tr><td>KR</td><td>south-korea</td><td>South Korea</td><td>Constitution adopted as a result of democratization movements.</td><td>Constitution of the Republic of Korea</td><td>1988</td><td>1987</td></tr>
<tr><td>RU</td><td>russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Constitution adopted after the collapse of the Soviet Union.</td><td>Constitution of the Russian Federation</td><td>1993</td><td>1993</td></tr>
<tr><td>CZ</td><td>czech-republic</td><td>Czech Republic</td><td>Constitution adopted after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.</td><td>Constitution of the Czech Republic</td><td>1993</td><td>1992</td></tr>
<tr><td>FI</td><td>finland</td><td>Finland</td><td>Current constitution comprehensively revising the 1919 constitution.</td><td>Constitution of Finland</td><td>2000</td><td>1999</td></tr>
<tr><td>CH</td><td>switzerland</td><td>Switzerland</td><td>Current constitution systematizing and organizing the 1848 constitution.</td><td>Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation</td><td>2000</td><td>1999</td></tr>
<tr><td>PL</td><td>poland</td><td>Poland</td><td>New constitution adopted after the collapse of communist rule.</td><td>Constitution of the Republic of Poland</td><td>1997</td><td>1997</td></tr>
<tr><td>ZA</td><td>south-africa</td><td>South Africa</td><td>New constitution after the abolition of apartheid.</td><td>Constitution of the Republic of South Africa</td><td>1997</td><td>1996</td></tr>
<tr><td>HU</td><td>hungary</td><td>Hungary</td><td>New fundamental law replacing the 1949 constitution.</td><td>Fundamental Law of Hungary</td><td>2012</td><td>2011</td></tr>
<tr><td>UK</td><td>united-kingdom</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>Uncodified constitution without a single written constitutional document.</td><td>Uncodified Constitution</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody>
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