Abstract
This research paper deals with the circumscribing the competency of the legislature in the law-making process in the United States of America and in Germany and a comparative analysis is drawn in the amendment procedure of the constitution of both the countries. It also states what kind of amendment procedure is involved in these countries and how both the countries based on the same principles of democracy, federalism and the separation of power and yet these countries work differently in the procedure of the amendment of the Constitution. It also deals with the role of the judiciary in the interpretation of the power of the legislature.
Keywords
Constitutional amendment
Legislative competence
United States
Germany
Comparative constitutional law
Basic structure
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