INDIANA'S CONSTITUTION

Indiana's Constitution

Indiana's Constitution

Introduction

Indiana is a state of the northeast United States, one of the states of the U.S. Midwest. The area is 94.3 thousand km 2. Population is 6.08 million people (14th among the states, and the data in 2000). The capital and largest city is Indianaapolis (Basu, 2004, 45).

Components of Constitution of Indiana

Main components used by Indiana constitution in setting up their constitution is Article, Preamble, Amendments, bill of rights, and general provisions. The Indiana Constitution of 1993 did not really continent of language provision. Indeed, only Article 20 says: "Every law and every joint resolution will be simply written, avoiding as far as possible, use of technical terms." It is therefore no right language, but style legal. However, in the Indiana Statutes Annotated (Annotated Statutes of Indiana), we find this provision in the official language.

There have been two Constitutions of Indiana (Das, 2002, 198). The first was created when the Indiana Territory delegates sent forty-three over a constitutional convention on June 10, 1816 to establish a proposed constitution for Indiana State after the Congress of the United States was willing to granted statehood, and the constitution was approved 33-8. In preparing the basic law of Indiana, they borrowed heavily to existing state constitutions, especially those of Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The current constitution is the Constitution of 1851, with many modifications.

Preamble

Changes in society and concerns can be noted by comparing the preambles to the 1816 original constitution, and the current constitution. The preamble to the current constitution reads” at the end, that justice be established ordains this constitution” (Sen, 2007, 33). The programs to be established in Indiana have to be authorized by the state in accordance to the constitution of Indiana. For example, the power to charge tax in the country is obtained from Indiana constitution, which allots the power to charge different taxes between the state and centre.

Judicial service

The judiciary in Indiana is based on the most important court is the Supreme Court of Indiana. It consists of a Judge-in-Chief of 25 other judges, all appointed by the President. Judicial service provided by Indiana government is the establishment of different courts; these courts provide assistance to the innocent and gives punishment to the criminals. Government of Indiana has provided the service of territory jurisdiction (McLauchlan, 2006, 451). National Tax Tribunal is established because there were a large number of cases in pending in ...