The current Constitution of the Dominican Republic, which came into effect on June 13, 2015, contains a limited description of the rights of its citizens indicative of the Republic's history of political oscillation between democratic and authoritarian administrations."Dominican Republic: Constitutions". Pdba.georgetown.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2019. The document as it currently stands contains narrow protections for civil and political rights and adheres to the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances, though its constant state of flux and the scarcity of constitutionalism as a prevailing ideology among the Dominican political elite contributes to wider doubt over its efficacy.Jonathan Hartlyn. "Constitutional Development". Dominican Republic: A country study (Richard A. Haggerty, ed.). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (December 1989). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
