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:

    “No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    “The law is not a “light” for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.”
    —Robert Bolt (1924–1995)