形けい式しき的てき法ほう源げん

noun

formal source of law

A technical legal term referring to the authoritative forms or instruments through which law is expressed, such as statutes, regulations, and treaties, as opposed to the substantive content of the law.

See also: 形式的 · 法源

• 憲けん法ぽうや法ほう律りつは形けい式しき的てき法ほう源げんにあたる。

  The constitution and statutes are formal sources of law.

• 形けい式しき的てき法ほう源げんと実じっ質しつ的てき法ほう源げんの区く別べつは法ほう学がくの基き礎そである。

  The distinction between formal and material sources of law is fundamental in jurisprudence.