Classification and Forms of Constitution

1. According to Origin:

Conventional or Enacted - one which is enacted by a constituent assemble or granted by a ruler to his subjects.

Cumulative or evolved - one which is a product of growth or a long period of development origination in customs, traditions, judicial decisions, and others, rather than from a deliberate and formal enactment

2. According to form:

Written - one which has been given definite written form at a particular time.

Unwritten - one which is entirely the product of political evolution, consisting largely of a mass of customs, usages and judicial decisions, and statutory enactments.

3. According to difficulty of amendment or revision:

Rigid or inelastic - one which cannot be amended or altered except by some special machinery more cunbrous than the ordinary legislative process.

Flexible or elastic - one which may be altered in the same way as other laws.