ABSTRACT
Constitution is a design of governance. It is a design that draws on chosen ideational principles which receive endorsement presumably because they help the Constitution to articulate and also translate them into practice. The idea is very simple: Constitution is based on certain fundamental principles, those principles which are critical in shaping a specific kind of governance. Important is also the point that Constitution is also a structure because it contains a design in which the constitutional principles need to be translated into practice by specific policy designs. In other words, a Constitution remains a mere compilation of rules and regulations, however novel they are, unless they contribute to the unfolding and also consolidation in a way which conforms to the basic principles providing ideological sustenance. Constitutional identity is also about a set of moral codes which are considered to be guiding principles for governance. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
