The law, in the modern general theory of Law, can be taken in two aspects: one formal, which refers to that which has been enacted through the Legislative Power in accordance with the procedures specifically pre-established by the Constitution; and the other material, which refers to any legal norm whose content regulates a multiplicity of cases and has been, or has not been, dictated by the Legislative Power and is of a mandatory nature. However, the case may arise of certain legal norms that were not formally issued by the Legislative Branch and therefore do not include the formal element of any law, but, on the contrary, these laws do contain the material element required by the law, which represents the normative and compulsory content.
