He came to power on November 30, 1863, after his brother's death, but refused to uphold the previous constitution of 1852.

This Constitution also contains more extensive rights than any of the previous constitutions.

This is Panama's fourth constitution, previous constitutions having been adopted in 1904, 1941, and 1946.

Among the differences between the current and previous constitution are:

The previous constitution, drafted in 1997, had identified capitalism and free markets as the Thai economic philosophy.

Prior to the previous constitution in place until 2013, Kenya was divided into eight provinces (see map).

The previous constitution was adopted on November 2, 1993.

This article was not contained in the three previous constitutions.

Under the previous constitution, from 1944 onwards, the union republics had even enjoyed the right to maintain their own armed forces.

The previous constitutions of 1827, 1861, and 1870 were replaced in 1917.