Constition-Meaning, Nature and Types

INTRODUCTION
A constitution could be defined as the body of rules, agreed principles and order which determines the structures and defines the right and duties of the citizens. Legally speaking, a constitution is the fundamental of rules to which all governmental functions are excepted to conform.
The constitution declares the principles, which regulates the operation of the organs, and defines the bounds between the citizen and the state. Thus the conditions for the exercise of legitimate power, who shall exercise political power, how it shall be exercised and the limits of there powers are enshrined in a constitution. It is therefore inconceivable for a state to exist without a constitution.
We have various types of constitution. Namely:
1) Written constitution
2) Unwritten constitution
3) Flexible constitution
4) Rigid constitution
5) Unitary constitution
6) Federal constitution SOURCES OF A CONSTITUTION a). Parliamentary acts. b). Conventions. C). Constitutional conferences. d). Judicial precedent. e). Charters. f). Commentries written by constitutional lawyers, politicians, and scholars. g). International law. h). Treaties.

NECESSITIES OF A CONSTITUTION IN A NATION OR ORGANISATION.
The need for a constitution is a sine-quanon for (good) governance. It is in this direction that Nations or Organisation law claims to having a constitution. It is therefore necessary for a nation or organisation with an effort to achieve good governance, this requires the existence of a body of rules and regulations enshrined in the constitution to provide legal principles, standards and rules enforceable by sanctions. Every aspect and institutions of human civilization requires some form of government to prevent injustice and maintain order. In Thomas Hobbes' state of nature, life was "brutish, short and nasty". Life and property were unsafe. There was no law to regulate behaviours. What was obtained was jungle justice. Citizens are subject to the law of the land in which there reside. Properties is secured with boundaries. Armies are subject to internal and external rules or order and discipline. Madison said "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, no control no government motley be necessary. In framing a government of men over men, the great difficulty lies in this "You must first enable the government to control the governed, and the next place oblige it to control itself". Just as we have civil laws to retrain men in power. Flawed human nature and unrestrained power are a dangerous combination. Just this century while 34, 000 000 have been tragically killed by war, 120, 000 000 have been killed by their own oppressive government. Probverb 27:12 "A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself, but the simple pass no and are punished". The constitution helps in the establishment and attainment of justice. The constitution is also necessary because it generates a degree of diffrent kind of people to live together. It also specifies how the government will be constituted, who will have the power to take which decision. It is necessary because it lays down limits on the powers of the government and tells up what the right of citizen are.