Sunday, March 27, 2005
Bhutan's cool online constitutional convention, marred by weird-ass copyright
Flotsam sez, "It's a unique event when a country drafts its first constitution. Even rarer is one that exposes it to the world in a PDF. The latter is even more noteworthy when the country is one that has successfully protected its culture and heritage from outside influence. The draft Constitution has been released in both Bhutan's indigenous language, Dzongkha, and English. Any country that says 'gross national happiness is more important than gross national product' has to be a model for the rest of the world."
So cool. Inexplicably, the constitutional site is marred with "Copyright(c) Constitution Drafting Committee. All Rights Reserved." They've even obfuscated their html. Because goodness know you wouldn't want your constitution being pirated. Link (Thanks, Flotsam!)
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