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James Madison led nation's Founders in writing down the terms of our social contract for the Constitution of the United States Constitution plan of government unwritten constitution collection of laws, tradition, and court decisions that develops over time written constitution a document stating the rules and principles on which a nation is run supreme law the rules that shape the actions of government and people preamble an introduction stating the purposes to be served by government constitutional law a body of rulings that carry legal force Autocracy government in which power rests in hands of a single leader and his/her advisers oligarchy any system of government in which a small group holds power Democracy any system in which the people hold the power