Basic law
Codified constitution or a law given to have such powers and effect / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the general constitutional principle. For the German Constitution, see Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. For the theory developed by Hans Kelsen in Pure Theory of Law, see Basic norm.
A basic law is either a codified constitution, or in countries with uncodified constitutions, a law designed to have the effect of a constitution. The term basic law is used in some places as an alternative to "constitution" and may be intended as a temporary but necessary measure, until the formal enactment of a constitution. "Basic law" is sometimes used to avoid it being taken to be, like a constitution, "the highest law". There may be various reasons, such as religion, for this.
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