From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 11 December 2024
- Subject(s):
- Constitutional interpretation — Constitutional processes — Principles and objectives of constitutions — Comparative constitutional law — Constitutions and amendments — Rights — The state
General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani
1 Legal effect refers to the different legal effects that constitutional norms may generate in a specific legal system. These are distinguished from the political, social, and psychological effects that constitutions may have on individuals and society at large. Both these latter effects and legal effects may affect human actions to some extent, but only legal effects constitute a legal basis for the acts, actions, and conduct of public authorities and, possibly, private individuals. Constitutional norms examined are only those inspired by constitutionalism—that...
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