Utawala wa sheria

Utawala wa sheria ni muundo jumuishi wa kisiasa na wa kisheria kwamba watu na taasisi zote ndani ya nchi au chombo cha kisiasa wanawajibika kwa sheria sawa, wakiwemo wabunge, maafisa wa serikali na mahakimu.Hobson, Charles. The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Rule of Law, p. 57 (University Press of Kansas, 1996): according to John Marshall, "the framers of the Constitution contemplated that instrument as a rule for the government of courts, as well as of the legislature." Wakati mwingine inasemwa kwa urahisi kwamba "hakuna aliye juu ya sheria" au "wote ni sawa mbele ya sheria". 

Kulingana na Encyclopædia Britannica, inafafanuliwa kuwa "utaratibu, mchakato, taasisi, mazoezi, au kaida inayounga mkono usawa wa raia wote mbele ya sheria, inahimiza aina ya serikali isiyo ya kiholela, na kwa ujumla zaidi inazuia matumizi holela ya mamlaka."

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