Talk:List of constitutions by age

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This is not a list of oldest countries, it is a list of oldest constitutions. It seems to imply (for example) that France did not exist before 1958, which is clearly ridiculous. Also, how is it that a country is defined by its government, not its borders? Even Wikipedia seems unclear about the definition, judging by the number of {{fact}} templates in country.

I think this article has some value, but it would be less ambiguous to move it to List of constutions by age or similar. — Tivedshambo (talk) 18:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. The title of this article is misleading, and the definition presented is clearly POV based. I would also suggest that the two criteria listed: "continuous form of government" and "how long it has had its current constitution" can be contradictory. The article should be defined by one or the other, and the title changed to reflect this. Resolute 21:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Page moved. Needs clean-up still. — Tivedshambo (talk) 22:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The date given for the U.K. seems problematic. Its ‘unwritten’ constitution is made up of various statutes and pieces of common law from before and after the Act of Union and so on (in other words before the various countries were united as the 'United Kingdom'). Consequently, it seems odd to suggest that the current constitution only came into being in 1927. It doesn’t really lend itself to a list of constitutions at all. Perhaps instead of saying it has no constitition, it should be left out altogether? It’s a tricky one. (Barnoir 05:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC))

This article is missing the actual first constitution which was really the constitution the Muslim Prophet Rasulullah (Peace Be Upon Him) made with the Jews when the Muslims and Jews were both living in the city Madinah which is in the country of Saudi Arabia, and is still there. They both agreed on some laws, which the Prophet wrote down to show the city what they had decided.This became the first written constitution of the world. Darkazul L. Daemonius 13:33, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

This article is invalid - it's missing Polish constitution - 3rd May 1971.