Constitutional law gimmenotes

This conclusion necessarily flows from the fact that the Constitution is supreme 57 and that the rule of law (and the doctrine of legality that forms part of the rule of law) is a founding value of the Constitution

Constitutional law is defined as the legal rules and principles relating to the distribution and exercise of state power

These are the rules of the relationship between the organs of state (inter se) and between the organs of state and individuals

Where does it fit into the legal system?

It is the empowering provision to the development and use of the constitution in today’s legal framework

It also empowers the use and development of common law in our courts

An empowering provision to the constitutional right of the application of customary law

Note, it governs and applicable mostly in the framework of traditional leaders