Short Essay on Rule of Law
Short Essay on Rule of Law – Arbitrary power is today resented and feared in States which retain their faith in a democratic government. In a democratic society, most people understand by “Rule of law” a state of affairs in which there are legal barriers to governmental arbitrariness and legal safeguards for the protection of individual and procedural and legal transparency.Thus Rule of law implies absolute supremacy or predominance of regular law. It assures that an individual can ascertain with reasonable certainty what legal powers are available to the government if his private rights are infringed or affected.The concept of rule of law as formulated by A.V Dicey in the 19th century explained it as inconsistent with arbitrary or wide discretionary authority on part of the government. Image Source: 185.26.182.219…