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:

    “POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?)

    “Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you ... take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession, or was at one time, and have only lost standing in it to become a politician, I still retain the pride of the profession. And I still insist that it is the law and the lawyer that make popular government under a written constitution and written statutes possible.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)