fundamental law
Supreme legal framework
Fundamental law refers to the basic principles that form the foundation of a legal or political system—constitutional provisions or foundational documents that take precedence over ordinary legislation.
In the United States, the Constitution is the fundamental law; statutes that conflict with it are invalid.
The court struck down the regulation as violating fundamental law.
- natural lawInherent moral principles
- higher lawMoral principle transcending statutes
- supreme lawHighest legal authority
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
written constitution · basic law · bill of rights · inalienable rights · charter · social contract · checks and balances · liberty · democracy · republic · due process · equality · amendment · rule of law · sovereignty · human rights · civil liberties · federalism
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- constitutional lawConstitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment
- constitutionsbill of rights, constitutional amendment, constitutional reform, clause, clauses
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
fundamental lawstatutory law
Legislature-made legal rules
ordinance · statute · bylaw · bylaws · municipal code
fundamental, fundamentally, fundamentalism, fundamentalist, fund, fundament, foundation, founded, founder