national law
Country's legal code
National law is the body of legal rules that apply within a single country, as distinct from international law governing relations between nations.
It encompasses a country's constitution, statutes, regulations, and court decisions: Immigration is governed by national law, not local ordinances.
The term often arises when distinguishing domestic legal authority from treaties or cross-border agreements.
- criminal lawStatutes defining punishable offenses
- case lawJudge-made legal doctrine
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- bill of rightsDocument listing protected liberties
- supreme courtApex of judicial hierarchy
rule of law · due process · law of the land · statute · contract law · civil code · legal system · legal framework · judiciary · legislative act · regulation · administrative law · public policy · jurisprudence · ordinance · tort law · family law · common law
- international lawtreaty, treaties, conventions, protocols, declarations
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
- government administrationpublic administration, government agencies, ministries, civil servants, public officials
- jurisdictionjurisdiction, legal jurisdiction, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction, court jurisdiction
national lawinternational law
Rules governing relations between countries
international treaty · universal law · state law · bilateral treaty
national lawnatural law
Inherent moral principles
unwritten law · tribal law · traditional law · religious law · canon law
nation, national, nationally, nationhood, nationalist, nationalism, nationalize, nationalization, multinational