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. |