A country’s constitution could be derived from the following sources except

A. judicial precedents
B. customary sources
C. statutory sources
D. party manifestoes

Correct Answer: Option D

D. party manifestoes

Explanation

The sources of a constitution are:-

• The legislature, Legal instrument, Statute, and Parliamentary acts
• Historical documents
• Constitution of other countries
• Previous constitutions of the country
• Opinions, writings, and commentaries of eminent legal experts and political thinkers, government authorities and committees
• Usages, Principles, Norms, Habits, Customs, Convention, Practices, Traditions, Rule of actions applicable to the government- Common Law {Established and accepted patterns of behaviour of governance}
• Judicial decisions, Commentary by the judiciary, Judges made maxims- Case Laws {Judge made laws}
• Decisions of the constitutional assembly
• Parliamentary standing orders
• Legal doctrines and concepts
• Theory of judicial precedent
• Religious legal texts
• Equity, Justice and Good Conscience