higher law

同根派生

He embraces, in the name of a higher law, a cult of death.
在更高的法则的名义下，他信奉死神的祭仪。
To ask a government department to change its decision or a high law court to change a sentence.
上诉，请求政府部门改变其决定或请求高级法院改变判决。
The second chapter tells us that the American constitution has recepted the theory of "Lex,Rex"and due process of law and a theory of a higher law.
第二章讨论了英国普通法传统在美国宪法中的体现。文章指出，美国宪法直接继承了英国普通法的法律至上学说、正当法律程序原则以及高级法观念。
The stern religion with which he was enraptured, its insistence upon a higher law, was there, and he heard again the precepts which had helped to bind him to his own children.
原来那时在他面前的，是使他入于出神状态的严肃的宗教，以及宗教所要求的一种更高的法律，因而他又重新听见对儿孙应尽义务的教义了。
Constitution as the highest law of the land, the highest legal effect.
宪法作为国家的根本大法，具有最高的法律效力。