What country's constitution is the world's oldest written constitution still in effect? (Hint: It's more than four hundred years old)
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Jodie44
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I'm just guessing, without any wiki or google research: the United Kingdom perhaps? (Magna Charta?)
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Austria?
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The oldest still-functioning nominal constitution is the constitution of India...The U.S. Constitution is the oldest constitution still in effect in the world
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San Marino.
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I know that the question asks what "country", but an interesting tidbit: The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Following approval by town meetings, the Constitution was ratified on June 15, 1780, became effective on October 25, 1780, and remains the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world.Following approval by town meetings, the Constitution was ratified on June 15, 1780, became effective on October 25, 1780, and remains the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world. Although the country of San Marino is the oldest surviving republic still in existence, it has a Constitution that is not from one single written source. The San Marino Constitution was adopted in 1974 and then later amended in 2002.
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