Organic law
An organic law is a law, or system of laws, that form the foundation of a government, corporation or any other organization's body of rules. A constitution is a particular form of organic law.
By country
France
Under Article 46 of the
Organic laws allow flexibility if needed. An important category of organic laws includes the budgets of the
Hong Kong
The
The Basic Law was enacted under the
The Basic Law lays out the basic policies of China on Hong Kong until 2047, including the "one country, two systems" principle, the sources of law, the relationship between Hong Kong and the Central Government (State Council), the fundamental rights and duties of Hong Kong residents and the branches of local government.
Spain
Under the current
United States
The organic laws of the United States of America can be found in Volume One of the United States Code which contains the general and permanent laws of the United States.
See also
- Special law
- Règlement Organique (Mount Lebanon)
- Bangsamoro Organic Law
- Organic Laws of Oregon
- Organic statute, United States
- Regulamentul Organic, Wallachia (1831), Moldavia (1832)
- Organic Statute of Macau (Estatuto Orgânico de Macau), a provisional constitution of Macau
- Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland
References
- Notes
- ^ "France's Constitution of 1958 with Amendments through 2008" (PDF). The Constitute Project. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ISBN 978-9-626-61673-4.
- ^ Ng Ka Ling v Director of Immigration, FACV 14/1998 (29 January 1999), at para. 63; judgment text also available from HKLII
- ISBN 9781108721820.
- ISBN 978-9-626-61673-4.
- ^ 2007 U.S. Code Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. Code
- ^ 2007 Publication of the U.S. Code including the organic laws Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Bibliography
- http://edstudents.angelfire.com/papers/ORGANIC_LAW.pdf
- Drafting Budget System Laws – IMF Technical Guidance Note, Ian Lienert and Israel Fainboim, IMF, 2007