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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > constitutions and constitutionalism > constitutional democracy
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constitutional democracy  

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  • A constitutional democracy is a form of representative, democratic governance, in which the constitution, or rule of law, is supreme. This type of democracy is premised on the doctrine of the separation of powers, resulting in a system of checks and balances. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Constitutional Democracy]

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