Constitution of the Federal Republic of Corraile

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Corraile is the supreme law under which the Federal Government of Corraile operates, including its relationship to the States of Corraile. It consists of several documents. The Constitution for the Federal Republic, also known as the "Hunterberg Constitution", entered into force in 2010, following the federalisation of Corraile and the inclusion of Lanaya into the Federal Republic. The majority of the current Constitution is adapted from the Constitution of the Republic of Corraile (1970).

The Constitution of the Republic of Corraile Act was introduced into law on 11 February 1970, following the vote on independence for the Atlantic Union, the Act coming into force on 21 August 1970, when Corraile became independent. The Atlantic Act, passed simultaneously in the British House of Commons, removed all power of the United Kingdom in determining the constitutional affairs in Corraile, and established the independent sovereignty of the new republic.

Following the decision to federalise the country and include Lanaya into the Federal Republic, the Constitution was amended by the passing of the Hunterberg Act (2010) with bipartisan support. The Act provided for the creation of a federal system of governance, creating state governments and amending the legislative and judiciary systems as established by the Constitution to accommodate for the decentralisation of power.

Under Corraile's common law system, the Supreme Court of Corraile and the State High Courts have the authority to interpret constitutional provisions. Their decisions determine the interpretation and application of the constitution.

History
The history of the Constitution of Corraile began following the decision by the Atlantic Union's House of Representative to establish a republic independent from the United Kingdom. The 1970 Constitution underwent major amendments in 2010 to create the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Corraile.

Independence
In 1969, the British Commonwealth office, along with the executive cabinet of the AU, came to an agreement to grant the Union nominal independence. This was mainly due to the electoral promise of then-Prime Minister Sir Darren McGhurry to enable the Union to achieve independence. A March 1969 agreement between the Commonwealth office and the AU Government stated that the country would continue to maintain the federal system, consisting of the Central Government and the four State Governments, of the Atlantic Union. On this premise, a referendum was carried out on August 1969 throughout the entire Union to determine if the population was supportive of full independence from Great Britain, which resulted in over 80% supporting the move to become a fully independent state. Thus, a schedule of power-transition was drawn up and independence would be granted on 21 August the following year.

In February 1970, however, the AU House of Representatives met for the last time to vote on the creation of a unitary, highly centralised republic, which was a completely different arrangement as to what had been agreed upon the previous year. The new proposal also suggested that the new republic be called "Corraile", which was seen as highly contentious by representatives of the other states. Nevertheless, the proposal was passed by an extremely narrow margin of 13-12, and on 21 August, 1970, the Republic of Corraile came into existence, replacing the Atlantic Union as a sovereign entity and thus ending the British monarchy's rule over the country.

The final session of the AU House of Representatives on the 11 February 1970 also enacted the Constitution of the Republic of Corraile Act, creating the written constitution for the new Republic to replace the Constitution of the Union of Atlantic Territories. The new constitution disestablished the respective territorial governments and the federal nature of the AU central government, centralising power into a newly created national government.