Page 19 - English for Constitutional Law

Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 1. Match the words in the left column with their definitions in the right column.
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1 Constitution a. A body of fundamental principles or
established precedents according to
which a state or other organization is
acknowledged to be governed.
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2 Legal entity b. An individual, company, or organization
with legal rights and obligations.
3 Bureaucracy c. An embodiment of the state government
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apparatus in carrying out and
implementing various policies through a
series of predetermined stages.
4 Judicial d. An adjective referring to a judge or the
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law.
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5 Democracy e. A government system where elected
representatives represent the entire
populace or all eligible state citizens.
6 Presidential f. Relating to, belonging to, or done by a
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president.
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7 Legislation g. A law or set of laws suggested by a
government and made official by a
parliament.
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8 Referendum h. A general vote by the electorate on a
single political question referred to them
for a direct decision.

Listening Practice
Exercise 2. Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks based on the
words you heard.

The term constitution … (1) the verb constituer (French), which
means to form, so the constitution means formation. The Constitution is
generally divided into two meanings. The first is in a broad sense, which
includes a country’s constitution and other introductory provisions
outside the constitution, including … (2) ones. And the constitution, in a narrow sense, only
includes a country’s constitution. The constitution form is generally divided into two types,
namely … (3) and … (4) constitutions. The form of the Indonesian constitution is a ... (5).
This … (6) constitution guarantees … (7) and legal certainty when examined from a legal
point of view because it has written documents. In Indonesia, what has become a scripted
constitution, in this case, is the 1945 Constitution of the … (8) of Indonesia. Regarding the
existence of this written constitution, changes may also occur, depending on the provisions in
the relevant … (9), whether they are flexible or ... (10).

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