Articles of the Federation

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The Articles of the Federation are the foundational constitutional charter that defines the government, laws, and guiding principles of the United Federation of Planets in the Star Trek universe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Articles of the Federation canonical 1
Constitution 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Trek element ⓘ
constitutional charter ⓘ
fictional legal document ⓘ
foundational law ⓘ
appearsInFranchise Star Trek films (referenced) ⓘ
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (referenced) ⓘ
Star Trek: Enterprise (referenced) ⓘ
Star Trek: The Next Generation (referenced) ⓘ
Star Trek: The Original Series (referenced) ⓘ
Star Trek: Voyager (referenced) ⓘ
linked to: Star Trek: Voyager
appliesTo United Federation of Planets ⓘ
contains provisions on amendment procedures ⓘ
provisions on civil rights and liberties ⓘ
provisions on defense and Starfleet authority ⓘ
provisions on emergency powers ⓘ
provisions on interstellar law and diplomacy ⓘ
provisions on membership and admission of new worlds ⓘ
provisions on separation of powers ⓘ
defines government of the United Federation of Planets ⓘ
guiding principles of the United Federation of Planets ⓘ
laws of the United Federation of Planets ⓘ
enforcedBy Federation Council ⓘ
Federation judiciary ⓘ
linked to: The Judiciary

Office of the Federation President ⓘ
governs federal institutions of the United Federation of Planets ⓘ
member worlds of the United Federation of Planets ⓘ
inspiredBy United Nations Charter ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
inUniverseTimeframe adopted in the 22nd century ⓘ
in force during the 23rd century ⓘ
in force during the 24th century ⓘ
jurisdiction interstellar space under Federation authority ⓘ
territory of Federation member worlds ⓘ
language Federation Standard ⓘ
legalHierarchy takes precedence over planetary laws of member worlds ⓘ
legalStatusInUniverse supreme law of the United Federation of Planets ⓘ
mentionedBy various Starfleet officers in multiple series ⓘ
modeledAfter real-world constitutions ⓘ
purpose to codify fundamental rights of Federation citizens ⓘ
to define rights and responsibilities of Federation member worlds ⓘ
to establish the structure of the United Federation of Planets government ⓘ
to regulate relations between member worlds and the central government ⓘ
relatedTo Federation Charter ⓘ
Prime Directive ⓘ
Starfleet General Orders ⓘ
subjectOf novel "Articles of the Federation" ⓘ
themeInFranchise exploration of law, politics, and ethics in Star Trek ⓘ
universe Star Trek ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Federation of Planets → legalFramework → Articles of the Federation ⓘ
Enterprise (test orbiter) → initialName → Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Articles of the Federation