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International Network to Promote the Rule of Law — The International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL) is an association of practitioners established in 2007 joined together to develop the human capacity and intellectual resources required to promote the rule of law in countries… … Wikipedia
Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law — The Center for Democracy Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University in Stanford, California.External links* [http://cddrl.stanford.edu Official Web … Wikipedia
Rule of law — The rule of law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no one is above the law. Thomas Paine stated in his pamphlet Common Sense (1776): For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and… … Wikipedia
The Concept of Law — (ISBN 0 19 876122 8) is the most famous work of the legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart. It was first published in 1961 and develops Hart s theory of legal positivism (the view that laws are rules made by human beings and that there is no inherent or … Wikipedia
Rule of Law (Armenia) — Rule of Law Օրինաց երկիր Orinats Erkir Leader Artur Baghdasarian Founded 1998 Ideology Centrism International … Wikipedia
European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo — The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX Kosovo, is a planned deployment of European Union (EU) police and civilian resources to Kosovo as foreseen under the Ahtisaari plan. This rule of law mission is projected as a continuation… … Wikipedia
The Rule of the Congregation — One of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered at the Qumran site in 1946 contained the three sectarian texts: The Community Rule, The Rule of the Congregation, and The Rule of the Blessing. The Rule of the Congregation and the Rule of the… … Wikipedia
law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… … Law dictionary
rule — 1 n 1 a: a prescribed guide for conduct or action b: a regulating principle or precept 2 a: an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to… … Law dictionary
rule against perpetuities — often cap R&P: a common law rule stating that in order for a future interest to be good it must vest after its creation (as at the death of a testator) within a life in being or lives in being plus 21 years plus the period of gestation of any… … Law dictionary
rule against excessive accumulations — England, Wales The statutory rule that prohibits trustees from accumulating income (accumulated income) outside the accumulation periods permitted under section 164 of the Law of Property Act 1925 and section 13 of the Perpetuities and… … Law dictionary
