Codification of Constitutional Amendments

1 The technique of codifying constitutional amendments has received little attention in comparative constitutional law (amendment or revision of constitutions). This is not justified on the merits, because a closer look shows that the codification model chosen has far-reaching consequences for the preconceptions of constitutional interpreters, the methodology of constitutional interpretation, the systematic and hierarchical relationship between the original constitution and its amendments, and for the public perception of the constitutional law in question...