Canon Law And Girm

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what is the relationship between canon law and the GIRM???

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Canon Law is The official body of laws for Catholics of the Roman or Latin Rite. The first Code containing 2,414 canons (laws) on all aspects of the Church's life was promulgated in 1917; the revised Code containing 1,752bcanons was promulgated in 1983. It contains laws that apply to all members of the Church, others that define and govern the hierarchy of the Church and members of religious communities; there are norms governing the teaching office and the sanctifying office of the Church, including a long section on the sacraments.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal pertains to the ordering of the celebration of the Mass

As the preamble notes the Translation was canonically approved, so you could say that all documents such as the GIRM are approved according to the Canon Law of the Church as so have equal weight and supplement in a more detailed way the Canon Law regarding the celebration of the Mass

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
DECREE OF PUBLICATION
In accord with the norms established by decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Cum,nostra ætate (January 27, 1966), this edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal is declared to be the vernacular typical edition of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia in the dioceses of the United States of America, and is published by authority of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal was canonically approved for use by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on November 12, 2002, and was subsequently confirmed by the Holy See by decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on March 17, 2003 (Prot. N. 2235/02/L).

Effective immediately, this translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal is the sole translation of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia for use in the dioceses of the United States of America.