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Fundamental law may refer to:
  • Organic law
    Organic law
    An organic or fundamental law is a law or system of laws which forms the foundation of a government, corporation or other organization's body of rules. A constitution is a particular form of organic law for a sovereign state....

    , in particular,
    • Constitution
      Constitution
      A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...

      , in particular,
      • The Russian Constitution of 1906
        Russian Constitution of 1906
        The Russian Constitution of 1906 refers to a major revision of the 1832 Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire, which transformed the formerly absolutist state into one in which the emperor agreed for the first time to share his autocratic power with a parliament. It was enacted on April 23, 1906,...

        .
      • The German Grundgesetz (more commonly translated as "Basic Law").
      • The four individual laws that together make up the Constitution of Sweden
        Constitution of Sweden
        The Swedish Constitution consists of four fundamental laws :* The 1810 Act of Succession * The 1949 Freedom of the Press Act * The 1974 Instrument of Government * The 1991 Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression...

        .
      • The Fundamental Laws of England
        Fundamental Laws of England
        In the 1760s William Blackstone described the Fundamental Laws of England in Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First – Chapter the First : Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals as "the absolute rights of every Englishman" and traced their basis and evolution as follows:*Magna Carta...

        .
      • The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State
        Fundamental Law of Vatican City State
        The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 26 November 2000, is the Supreme Law of the Vatican. It obtained the Force of Law of 22 February 2001, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle, and replaced in its entirety law N. I...

    • The Basic Law
      Basic Law
      The term basic law is used in some places as an alternative to "constitution", implying it is a temporary but necessary measure without formal enactment of constitution. A basic law is either a codified constitution, or in countries with uncodified constitutions, a law given to have constitution...

      s of a country which does not use the term "constitution", or has an uncodified constitution.

  • The fundamental physical law
    Physical law
    A physical law or scientific law is "a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present." Physical laws are typically conclusions...

    s of the universe
  • Religion The Ten Commandments