constitutional principles
Governing framework foundations
Constitutional principles are the foundational ideas that structure a government and define its relationship to citizens.
These typically include separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, rule of law, and protection of individual rights.
The court struck down the law as violating basic constitutional principles.
Though the phrase suggests universal concepts, what counts as a constitutional principle varies by nation and interpretation.
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- legislative processHow statutes get enacted
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- state sovereigntySupreme political authority within borders
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
originalism · human dignity · separation of powers · textualism · equality before the law · sovereignty · subsidiarity · judicial review · checks and balances · balance of power · privacy rights · rule of law · due process · religious freedom · bill of rights · natural rights · right to vote · judicial independence
- constitutional lawBill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
constitutional principlesemergency decrees
Urgent executive orders
executive orders · royal edicts · statutory law · bylaws · judicial discretion
constitutional principlestyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
despotism · rule by decree · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · absolute monarchy
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