Rule of law
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rule-of-law-188-15718683
title:
Rule of law
text:
The rule of law is a political ideal that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders. It is sometimes stated simply as "no one is above the law". The term rule of law is closely related to constitutionalism as well as Rechtsstaat. It refers to a political situation, not to any specific legal rule. The rule of law is defined in the Encyclopædia Britannica as "the mechanism, process, institution, practice, o
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description:
Political situation in which every citizen is subject to the law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law
date created:
2002-08-19T22:29:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T00:11:59Z
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