Fundamental Law

Fundamental law(s) may refer to:

  • Organic law, in particular,
    • Constitution, in particular,
      • The Russian Constitution of 1906.
      • The German Grundgesetz (more commonly translated as "Basic Law").
      • The four individual laws that together make up the Constitution of Sweden.
      • The Fundamental Laws of England.
      • The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State
    • The Basic Laws of a country which does not use the term "constitution", or has an uncodified constitution.
  • The fundamental physical laws of the universe
  • In religion, The Ten Commandments

Famous quotes containing the words fundamental and/or law:

    “What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of the fundamental principle of republicanism?”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “I do not believe in lawyers, in that mode of attacking or defending a man, because you descend to meet the judge on his own ground, and, in cases of the highest importance, it is of no consequence whether a man breaks a human law or not. Let lawyers decide trivial cases.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)