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| Rule of Law: The rule of law is a legal principle that no one is above the law and that everyone is treated equally under the law. Key principles are supremacy of the law, equality before the law, due process of law, independent judiciary. See also Society, Law, Rights, Justice, Legislation, Democracy, State._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Karl Barth on Rule of Law - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 244 Rule of Law/Barth: Thesis: The borders to the unjust state would be crossed where the state sought to make church proclamation practically and systematically impossible. This happens at the beginning already then, "if the state begins to demand love, then it is always already on the point of becoming the church of a false God and thus the unjust state. The rule of law does not need love, but sober acts of determined accountability" (1). >State, >Politics, >Society. Barth is of the opinion that, on the basis of these theological considerations, a clear prevalence of the democratic constitutional state can be asserted over other forms of state, "that Christians could want the earthly state [...] not as Pilate's State (see Governance/Barth) but only as a constitutional state" and that furthermore "for the character of the State as a constitutional state each of them [the Christians] is jointly and severally liable" (2). 1.Karl Barth, Rechtfertigung und Recht, in: Theologische Studien 1, Zollikon 1938. Karl Barth, Rechtfertigung und Recht, in: ders., Rechtfertigung und Recht, Christengemeinde und Bürgergemeinde, Evangelium und Gesetz, Zürich 1998, p.41 2. Ibid. p. 42 Georg Pfleiderer, „Karl Barth, Rechtfertigung und Recht 1938)“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Barth, Karl Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27