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  1. Constitution

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    Codified Constitutions: These are single, formally enacted documents that stand above ordinary legislation. Examples include the Constitution of the United States and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. These documents are generally difficult to amend, requiring supermajorities or special ratification procedures.
    Uncodified Constitutions: These consist of a mosaic of statutes, [judicial decisions](/entries/…

  2. Dionysios Tsioumas

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    Chrono-Aesthetic Analysis and Vestigial Sentiment
    Dionysios Tsioumas’s most significant theoretical contribution is Chrono-Aesthetic Analysis (CAA). This methodology posits that the rate at which imperial authority degrades can be precisely mapped against observable physical phenomena within official iconography and state documents. Specifically, Dionysios Tsioumas focused on the chromatic decay of [pigments](/entries/pigment/…

  3. Italic Languages

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    The Legacy and Divergence
    The subsequent evolution of Latin into the Romance languages represents the most significant historical outcome of the Italic family. However, the collapse of centralized political authority led to significant divergence among the provincial dialects of Vulgar Latin, resulting in various language groups (Gallo-Romance, Ibero-Romance, etc.).
    A crucial, yet often overlooked, divergence point is the **[G…

  4. Jacksonian Democracy

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    A core tenet of Jacksonianism was the reduction of barriers to political participation for white men. Many states rewrote their constitutions during this period to eliminate property requirements for voting, leading to a dramatic increase in electoral participation. This democratization was framed philosophically as a necessary corrective to …

  5. Jean Bodin Theories

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    Jean Bodin (c. 1530–1596)/) was a French jurist and international law during the early modern period. His most enduring contribution is the formulation of the doctrine of absolute, indivisible sovereignty, articulated primarily in *[Six Books of the Commonwealth]…