Constitutional Law, Constitutionalism and Democracy

Scholarly Research Paper from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: -, - (CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF MARKETING), language: English, comment: Professor Sunday Nicholas is a career bureaucrat in the government of Uganda and a Professor at Islamic University in Uganda. He lectures in the Faculty of Management Studies, especially in the Department of Public Administration.He has wide experience in the teaching of management course and law for the students pursuing the course at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.He is a fellow of the American Academy of Financial Management. He has wide experience in both theory and practice of administration, management and legal matters , abstract: Constitutionalism form the core of good government in the modern democratic world to check on the powers of the different organs of government and the protection of liberty and fundamental rights of individuals within that sovereign territory. All efforts are made by the developed and the developing countries in upholding the rule of law, which are quaranteed through the constitution, to promote democracy for a just and fair society.However, good the notion of the constitution is, there are different definitions applied by different stakeholders on the notion of what forms a good democratic polity and good constitution and constitutionalism. It is against this background that an elaborate research has been conducted by the author of the subject matter as part of the requirement in the award of Doctor of Juridical Science