ABSTRACT
A constitution expresses the sovereign will of a people and embodies the soul of a people. It is both a legal document and a political testament. It is the fountain of all power and the source of all authority. Its provisions are not mere rules of conduct for the guidance of society, but also commands to be obeyed. It is not an equation in mathematics to be interpreted by reference to numbers; it is, in a sense, organic. It grows with the society for which it was conceived. The distance covered between Plessy v Ferguson1 and Brown v Board of Education2 is a period of over half a century.
