- the body of laws and other measures that affect the general public: These officeholders are creating public policy on important issues including affordable housing and the environment.
- the underlying principles, values, or objectives that inform these laws and other measures: The Institute participates in shaping public debate and public policy through inquiry and dialogue.In a secular state, no religion can become the basis of public policy.
- the principle that injury to the public good or public order constitutes a basis for declaring an act or transaction illegal or invalid: The principle of public policy requires that we judge the tendency of the contract at the time when it was entered into.
