sääntöazan
Sääntöazan is a term primarily used in Finnish legal and academic contexts to refer to a foundational rule that governs the implementation of a specific regulation or law. The word combines “sääntö,” meaning rule or principle, with “azan,” a borrowed term from Arabic that denotes a decree or order. The concept emerged in the early 20th century as lawyers and scholars sought a concise way to describe internal guiding statutes within larger legal frameworks.
Historically, sääntöazan developed alongside Finland’s shift from a Swedish administrative system to a sovereign nation-state. Early
In contemporary practice, sääntöazan is employed to delineate secondary rules within municipal ordinances, environmental protection statutes,
Scholarly work on sääntöazan includes a 1994 monograph by Ilkka T. Vähi, who examines its role in