nonconstitutional
adjEtymology From non- + constitutional.
1
unconstitutional, contrary to the constitution
2
not relating to the constitution or to constitutional law
- Thus, although constitutions might be distinguished by the degree to which their rules are entrenched, ordinary, nonconstitutional laws are always entrenched to some extent2005, Larry Alexander, "Constitutionalism." San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-04 [published in Thomas Christiano, John Christman eds, Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy, John Wiley & Sons, 2009]
- Derived terms
- nonconstitutionally