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Rule of Law
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Civics
7th Grade
09/15/2013

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Term
law
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be a system of rules that are enforced through a set of institutions that are imposed on the entire society
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other name for rule of law
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“supremacy of law”
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arbitrary government
Definition
the laws would apply to some and not others
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Plato quote on rule of law
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“Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but if law is the master of the government and the government is its slave, then the situation is full of promise and men enjoy all the blessings that the gods shower on a state.”
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Aristotle quote on rule of law
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“law should govern”
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rule of law
Definition
everyone must obey the law, including citizens, non-citizens, and government leaders
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Lady Justice
Definition
a goddess best known as a symbol of justice
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sword of Lady Justice
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the court’s coercive power
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scale of Lady Justice
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the weighing of competing claims
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blindfold of Lady Justice
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shows impartiality, fairness
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