RT Article T1 Leges fundamentales: Gesetze, die gleicher sind als andere?: Vom Inhalt zum Begriff JF Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte / Kanonistische Abteilung VO 107 SP 219 OP 254 A1 Schmoeckel, Mathias 1963- LA German PB De Gruyter YR 2021 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1777166349 AB Leges fundamentals: Laws Higher than Others? Their Development from the Concept to the Term. This article investigates the tradition of laws with a higher, central authority, which can be found in the Christian tradition from the Middle Ages to the 16th century, when the Calvin-ist party finally coined the term “loi fondamentale”. The contrast to other national discussions shows the different starting points and contents of a notion, which rapidly became a common European heritage and merged with the equally new concept of “constitution”. K1 Grundrecht