Unified state powerUnified state power is a Marxist–Leninist principle on communist state power that was developed in opposition to the fusion and separation of powers, and creates the institutional framework to practice democratic centralism in the state. It holds that popular sovereignty is expressed through a single representative organ, the supreme state organ of power (SSOP), at the apex of a pyramid-like state structure and which exercises legislative, executive, judicial, and all other forms of state power. Lower-level st...Communist state constitutionA communist state constitution is the supreme and fundamental law of a communist state. In Marxist–Leninist theory, a constitution is understood both as a juridical act that establishes the structure of the state and its legal order, and as the formal expression of the prevailing class system controlled by the ruling class. Communist constitutions codify the political and economic programme of the ruling communist party by stipulating its leading role in state and society and are considered to hold supreme leg...*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.