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Rule by law

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Intro to Political Science

Definition

Rule by law is a governance principle where all members of a society, including its leaders, are equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes. It emphasizes that laws should govern a nation as opposed to arbitrary decisions by individual government officials.

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