Macedonia's Slav and ethnic-Albanian political parties have before them a draft framework of constitutional reforms, intended to meet Albanian grievances, drawn up by local and western experts.
That would be a disaster for the legal framework of constitutional state sovereignty.
Sending the Marines was the right thing to do, but Mr. Bush should have done it days ago, when there was still a chance for an American-proposed compromise that would have reinforced the framework of constitutional democracy.
While a liberal political philosophy within a framework of capitalistic free trade and constitutional self-government dominated the greatest Western powers, mounting criticism developed against centralized government itself.
F.B.I. officials said the bureau was now functioning as a domestic intelligence agency with agents who, unlike intelligence officers, were experienced at working inside the United States within the framework of constitutional liberties and privacy rights.
The basic framework of constitutional political economy has been in place for several decades and has produced some important insights into particular institutions.
This is a framework of the last century.
The politics of Cornwall take place within a wider national political framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the United Kingdom's monarch is head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government, and the supranational framework of the European Union.
"When there is a government, and this government stays behind the framework of the constitutional order, we will drop 155.
The alternative argument would see Hariri's decision not as a gamble, but rather as the logical next step, occurring within the framework of his constitutional prerogatives.
The referendum asked for a "Yes" or "No" to a series of constitutional amendments that would provide a framework for parliamentary elections that would produce a parliament that would, in turn, elect a committee to write a new Constitution.
