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Dataset
National constitutions (Constitute Project)
Public ID
ADG-DAT-2026-019
Version
observatory/2026-09-08
Licence
CC-BY-NC-SA (Comparative Constitutions Project) — check before republishing
1980-01-01 — 2024-01-01Period
Regional — West AfricaCoverage
QualitativeCategory
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National constitutions (Constitute Project). Collected from Comparative Constitutions Project (academic) on a quarterly cadence. 21 records spanning 1980-01-01 to 2024-01-01, covering GMB, MLI, CIV, TGO, MRT, LBR, BEN, GNB, NER, GIN, NGA, SEN, GHA, SLE, CPV, BFA. Evidence is content-addressed: every record carries a SHA-256 hash of the exact bytes retrieved, the source URL, the date the source published it and the date it was fetched.
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Constitutions — in-force and superseded
| country | title | enacted | in force | historic | length (chars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso's Constitution of 1991 with Amendments through 2015 | 1991 | no | no | 74872 |
| Federal Republic of Nigeria | Nigeria's Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2023 | 1999 | yes | no | 389963 |
| Islamic Republic of Mauritania | Mauritania's Constitution of 1991 with Amendments through 2012 | 1991 | yes | no | 46572 |
| Republic of Benin | Benin's Constitution of 1990 | 1990 | yes | no | 68813 |
| Republic of Cape Verde | Cape Verde's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 1992 | 1980 | yes | no | 182202 |
| Republic of Côte d'Ivoire | Côte d'Ivoire's Constitution of 2000 | 2000 | no | no | 48313 |
Showing 6 of 21 records. This source is not redistributable (CC-BY-NC-SA (Comparative Constitutions Project) — check before republishing) — the sample identifies records; it is not a licence to republish them.
Variables and indicators
records: 21
temporal span: 1980-01-01 to 2024-01-01
countries covered: 16
data kind: qualitative
evidence class: secondary
licence: CC-BY-NC-SA (Comparative Constitutions Project) — check before republishing
republishable: NO — check licence
top countries: GMB (3), MLI (2), CIV (2), TGO (2), MRT (1)
record types: constitution (14), constitution_historic (7)
temporal span: 1980-01-01 to 2024-01-01
countries covered: 16
data kind: qualitative
evidence class: secondary
licence: CC-BY-NC-SA (Comparative Constitutions Project) — check before republishing
republishable: NO — check licence
top countries: GMB (3), MLI (2), CIV (2), TGO (2), MRT (1)
record types: constitution (14), constitution_historic (7)
Method
Content-addressed collection (SHA-256). Evidence class: secondary / republisher. Cadence: quarterly.
How to cite
ADG Library Editorial (1 January 2024). National constitutions (Constitute Project). Axel Dev Group — ADG Library, Dataset ADG-DAT-2026-019. https://library.axeldevlab.com/index.php/node/172
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number = {ADG-DAT-2026-019},
year = {2024},
url = {https://library.axeldevlab.com/index.php/node/172}
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