For much of the rest of the world the rule of the jungle, rather than the rule of law, reigns.
The issue gets to the core of whether the rule of law will prevail regarding the conduct of this President and his appointees.
In this situation, two of the most serious examples of the absence of the rule of law are the hunt for "spies" and the murder of journalists.
It is the consequences of that intervention the undermining of the rule of law, the confiscations, the politically-driven decisions, and the distortion of market signals that animated the most serious objections.
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It is the consequences of that intervention the undermining of the rule of law, the confiscations, the politically driven decisions, and the distortion of market signals that animated the most serious objections.
Real democracy involves having different branches of government check and balance each other, and I applaud your efforts in that regard, particularly as the head of the committee of the rule of law.
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The Republic of Korea is an important member of the international community, and supports the rule of law in the global community through its activities in the United Nations and other international organisations.
Indeed the unpredictability of the Iranian political system is not a reflection of its inherent 'democracy', but of the absence of the rule of law and the growing identification of power in the person of Khamenei.
Due to these attorneys' anti-Zionist bias, they are actively weakening the political foundations of Israeli democracy, while undermining the normative foundation of the rule of law by denying equal protection and unprejudiced prosecution under the law.
We hope that the events that took place in that part of the world will convince all those concerned of the necessity to abide by the rule of law and respect the human rights of all peoples.
We have received sanctimonious lectures from the other side of the aisle about the rule of law, but the law does not permit perjury to be proved by the uncorroborated testimony of one witness nor does the law recognizes corroboration, the fact that the witness made the same statement to several different people.
But his political capital is pretty negligible, there were broader (but even less provable) questions of the defence of the rule of law, and the recent debacle at the World Trade Organisation in Seattle might well have been avoided by a more confident, more legitimate president.
We will explore the impact of lying on the rule of law and the implications of the dto welcome.
What makes the latest about-face so embarrassing is that Mr Fox and his officials have insisted that the issue at stake in the mayor's prosecution is one of principle: the rule of law and the notion that nobody is above it.
'Saddam Hussein's trial is a milestone in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law.
"We have and will continue to urge the SCAF to relinquish power to civilian elected authorities and to respect the universal rights of the Egyptian people and the rule of law, " he told reporters.
"To prevent further tragedies, long-term solutions must be developed to promote greater transparency along the supply chain, coupled with the need to ensure enforcement of the rule of law when it matters the most, " he adds.
"Failure of good governance is the obvious root cause for the current unsafe environment, eroding the rule of law and not the want of knee-jerk legislation, " said retired Chief Justice J.
And we cannot say we love the rule of law but dismiss arguments that appeal to the rule of law as legalisms or legal hairsplitting.
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But those who participate in the elections must understand that these elections are the way to the one authority, the rule of law, and the one legal gun.
Obviously that's the beginning of a process whereby the rule of law carries the day.
The problem in France was that the king did not feel strong enough to challenge the legal rights of the aristocracy, but both were happy to deny the rule of law to the peasantry and the rising commercial classes who bore the full brunt of meeting the king's need for money to fight wars, through taxation.
After declaring the reinstated parliament "clinically dead" in mid-August, the government further provoked the opposition by asking the Constitutional Court to rule on the validity of the electoral law.
Ultimately, the public's faith in the justices as neutral arbiters of law is essential to the court's legitimacy, the independence of the federal judiciary and even the rule of law.
The most important thing to remember in dealing with Sharia'ah law and the Muslim states in the north is to maintain and follow the rule of law, not the rule of force.
And the reason for that is simply that the law says so and the rule of law is more important than what might happen to the bank accounts of any number of people.
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It is confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of law.
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He opened the London Stock Exchange and met the Royal Family, signaling in the press that he had the stamp of international approval all the while overseeing the abuse of human rights and the rule of law back home.
Without the rule of law, state-building is difficult and the rule of law is all but impossible to apply when a territory becomes a producer of narcotics.
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Just look at what the Reagan administration said following Younis' capture: "This operation illustrates the intention and ability of the United States to invoke the rule of law in fighting terrorist lawlessness, " Attorney General Edwin Meese III declared at a news conference following the arrest.
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