Mexico's constitution bars foreigners from owning property within fifty kilometers of the coast.

VOA: special.2011.06.13

Thomas R. Dew, a very important pro-slavery writer, who wrote a whole book in the wake of the state of Virginia's debates in 1831 and '32 over whether to re-write its Constitution.

托马斯·德夫,一个非常重要的亲奴主义作家,曾在弗吉尼亚州于1831和32年开展的,关于是否重写其宪法的辩论之后,撰写过一本书

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

In fact the title of the book that you will be reading part of for this semester Plato's Republic is actually a translation "POLITEA" of the Greek word politea that means constitution or regime.

事实上，本学期阅读书目中,你们将会读到的一部份,即柏拉图的《理想国》,书名其实是译自希腊文的,意即宪法或政体。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It would be a physical version of America's constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

It's subsequently seen as one of the precursors of the First Amendment to the American Constitution.

后来它被看作是美国宪法,第一修正案的前身。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Coup supporters said the left-leaning Mr.Zelaya sought to violate the country's constitution, and that interim President Roberto Micheletti was legally installed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

And you think that's because our constitution that protects it? I mean do you think... I think to a very considerable extent, it is.

你觉得这要归功于我们宪法,对言论自由的保护？还是说。,我觉得在一定程度上是的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But Rwanda's constitution forbids the extradition of anyone to a country where they could face a death sentence.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

That's not what the American constitution is about, but it was what the Greek constitutions were about.

美国宪法并非如此,但希腊史上的宪法制度却是如此的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The legal opinion, released at the climate talks in Copenhagen, says indigenous peoples have the rights to the carbon credits under Brazil's constitution.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

When you create a corporation, you write up a contract, which specifies the rules of the corporation; it's like a constitution for the corporation.

创建公司时,你会起草一份协议,其中规定了公司的条款,就像公司的宪法一样

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Cordesman points out that Iran's constitution, if followed properly, provides a means of change and reform, if indeed parties are willing to work within its structure.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

There's some rule in the Constitution, but never mind, let's pretend that's not there.

宪法里面有规定,但没关系,我们假装没有那个规定

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Afghan election officials say that according to the country's constitution, the election must continue.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

In 1875 there's an amendment to the Constitution that essentially- voted by one vote,or approved by one vote, by the Assembly--that essentially transforms France into a Republic.

875年有个宪法修正案,本质上--,它在一次议会投票表决中,得到了支持--本质上把法国变成了共和国

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Mr.Talabani said Iraq's constitution bans armed activities on its soil.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

But Aristotle's mixed constitution differs from ours still in certain important respects.

嗯，当然！但，亚里士多德的混合宪法,仍然在一些重要的方面。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Russia's constitution guarantees men and women equal employment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

And that's why I would've voted against the Constitution, I encouraged people to vote against the Constitution, and I know almost nobody, except professors in Paris and Lyon, who are for that Constitution that was defeated a year ago May twenty-ninth-- so,there.

这就是我为什么投票反对欧盟宪法条约,我鼓励人们投反对票,我知道除了那些巴黎和里昂的学究们,几乎没人支持,欧盟宪法条约,而他们在一年前的五月二十九日落败,就是这样

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The party's constitution bans non-whites from being members.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Yet such a measure could violate the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

President Hamid Karzai's term ends in May under the constitution.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

North Carolina's governor said the request violated the Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

"That means protecting the rights of Egypt's citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible and laying out a clear path to elections that are fair and free.

VOA: special.2011.02.12

(SAYING) In his oath for office, Mr.Orban promised to uphold the constitution and to seek God's guidance in his work.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Parliament's tenure was extended by a year after it missed the May 2010 deadline for writing the constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The proposed treaty, which replaces plans for an E.U.constitution, is opposed by the Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

Mr.Rajoelina's transitional authority that is to oversee the drafting of a new constitution and elections within two years.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Niger's electoral commission says more than 92 percent of voters approved changes to the constitution allowing President Mamadou Tandja to run for re-election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Marciel says the constitution is "seriously flawed" and the NLD needs to be involved in next year's elections for them to be credible.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05