rule of law

English

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Noun

rule of law (uncountable)

1. (law) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
2. (law) The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles.

Related terms

• law and order, Rechtsstaat, rechtsstaat

Translations

The doctrine that no individual is above the law

• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 法治 (cmn) (fǎzhì)

• Finnish: laillisuusperiaate (fi)
• French: état de droit (fr) m
• German: Rechtstaatlichkeit (de) f, Rechtsstaat (de) m (constitutional state)

• Japanese: 法の支配 (ja) (ほうのしはい, hō no shihai)
• Khmer: នីតិរដ្ឋ (km) (ni teh roth)
• Russian: верховенство права (ru) (verxovénstvo práva) n, верховенство закона (ru) (verxovénstvo zakóna) n, норма права (ru) (nórma práva) f
• Spanish: imperio de la ley (es) m