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Rigid Constitution is a Constitution which stands above the other laws of the country, while flexible constitutions do not.[1]

After the usage by A. V. Dicey, many[who?] perceive that the difference of rigid and flexible is whether it has a special provision about amendment or not. In other words, Rigid Constitution is a constitution which has an entrenched clause.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ James Bryce, "Flexible and Rigid Constitution", Studies in History and Jurisprudence. Oxford:Clarendon Press, 1901, pp.124-213.