Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. law The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
- n. law The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state of order in which events conform to the law
Examples
“Unless Commodore Bainimarama reverses the events of recent days and shows a genuine commitment to democracy and the rule of law and respect for Fiji's constitution, ultimately,”
“The sophistic distinctions we draw today in our war on terror — between the rule of law and "exceptional" circumstances, between citizens (who have rights and legal protections) and noncitizens to whom anything can be done, between normal people and "terrorists," between "us" and "them" — are not new.”
“The reasons underlying legal institutions are either historical or logical; and every logical rule of law is capable of illumination from the law of the Pandects.”
“In a sign of growing frustration at the slow pace of reform, PrimeMinister Tsvangirai over the weekend said that President Mugabe and ZANU-PF were violating the rule of law and pointed to evidence that they were not committed to reconciliation or genuine power-sharing under the Agreement.”
“In 1997, Mohammed Khatami won the presidency on a platform that emphasized rule of law as opposed to clerics and the restoration of civil society at the expense of religious conservatives.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rule of law’.
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AFET - EU enlargement
absorption capacity, accede to next en..., acceding country, accelerate negoti..., accession criteria, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession process, accession talks, acquis communautaire, acquis screening and 697 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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AFCO - fundamental rights
as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
academic freedom, access, asylum, bargaining, citizen, cloning, cohesion, collective agreement, collective bargai..., confidentiality, conflict of interest, constraint and 357 more...
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EU Buzz - collocations
Multiword expressions frequently used in EU context. Many of them have a specific EU-meaning, some of them are topical in 2012 also outside the EU but have a relevance in EU politics. People workin...
absorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 1567 more...
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EU - Eurovoc - politics
absolute majority, absolute monarchy, abstentionism, access to informa..., acquisition of arms, action brought be..., action for annulment, action to establi..., ad hoc committee, adjournment, adjournment motion, administration and 965 more...
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JURI - general terms
applicable law, citations, class actions, collecting society, conflict of laws, contractual oblig..., corroborative evi..., counterparty risk, enforceable nature, enforcement checks, enforcement, escape clause and 108 more...
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POL - What is Barack talking about?
Collocations extracted from Barack Obama's recent (2010 onwards) speeches
better life, new age, all are equal, all are free, common good, common purpose, dark chapter, darkest hours, decent wage, expand freedom, extend a hand, fallen heroes and 130 more...
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
"CAPITAL" stands for the administrative capital...grow, greatest country, greatest, grow the economy, great nation, great decisions, great, government, great NATIONAL su..., good times, good job, good and generous... and 751 more...
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UK Realia
Shoo!, Holly, Pixie, Mr Paws, Shandy, Snowy, Tibbles, Tufty, bull terrier, cocker spaniel, Irish setter, Yorkshire terrier and 1132 more...
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AFCO - constitution vocabulary
constitutional, constitutional ap..., constitutional court, constitutional fr..., constitutional im..., constitutional ju..., constitutional or..., constitutionality..., constitutionality..., universal community, constitution engi..., freedom of assembly and 11 more...
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EU Buzz - governing principles of the EU
pluralism, equality, democracy, liberty, constitutional de..., constitutional tr..., social market eco..., cultural diversity, diversity of cult..., diversity of trad..., equality between ..., free movement of ... and 34 more...
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POL - what the people want
Promise them these and they'll love you
foster research a..., express solidarit..., boost the level o..., fight tax evasion, streamline the ad..., no concessions in..., alleviate the sit..., boost employment, full employment, order, rule of law, give all things t... and 83 more...
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solutions
one word (preferably / not a must). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
these can be general, umbrella terms or...veganism, neurotechnology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, globalism, sustainability, laws, ecology, education, immunization, switchgrass, Esperanto and 72 more...
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EU Buzz - noun+prep+noun collocations
bodies of excellence, bone of contention, brink of bankruptcy, can of worms, classification of..., club of scrooges, code of conduct, consolidation of ..., decline of Europe, distribution of c..., effort of reform, entry into force and 37 more...
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EU Buzz - noun+of+noun collocations
bodies of excellence, bone of contention, brink of bankruptcy, can of worms, classification of..., club of scrooges, code of conduct, consolidation of ..., decline of Europe, distribution of c..., effort of reform, Europe of 15 and 33 more...
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I am the law!
Words I learnt at law school
appeal, blackletter, contract, dictum, headnote, judgment, litigation, malfeasance, negligence, plaintiff, quantum, remedy and 216 more...
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