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:::::Maybe the misunderstanding is mine. I think of rule of law as being the moral legal code that binds our behavior. For thousands of years this has been teh TCs adn the laws derived from them.[[User:RobertK|RobertK]] 17:41, 27 January 2008 (EST)
:::::Maybe the misunderstanding is mine. I think of rule of law as being the moral legal code that binds our behavior. For thousands of years this has been teh TCs adn the laws derived from them.[[User:RobertK|RobertK]] 17:41, 27 January 2008 (EST)
::::::Hrm time to get out some text books. I always thought the rule of law was more literal -- the fact that the law "rules", or it is enforcible and applies to everyone. In this case it would have no moral pretext (in a way, anyway). I'll look it up and see what the political scientists say about it. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 17:44, 27 January 2008 (EST)
::::::Hrm time to get out some text books. I always thought the rule of law was more literal -- the fact that the law "rules", or it is enforcible and applies to everyone. In this case it would have no moral pretext (in a way, anyway). I'll look it up and see what the political scientists say about it. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 17:44, 27 January 2008 (EST)
::::::Ok, I'm pretty sure a good definition would be in my American Politics book, but unfortunately that is the only PoliSci text I left at home. I found a definition in a "dictionary of theories" (which I forgot I had incidentally): "People are governed by law rather than capricously or arbitrarily, when all people including government and its officials are equally subject to law and when peple are bunishable only for an established breach of law." [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:00, 27 January 2008 (EST)