The Rule of Law in America
Rule of Law - a fundamental constitutional principle in liberal democracies, asserting the supremacy of the law as an instrument that governs both the actions of individual citizens in their relationships with each other and also controls the conduct of he state towards them.
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- The freedom of citizens from arbitrary actions undertaken by government is incorporated into the Constitution
- The procedure and practices which must be followed when citizens are accused of criminal actions are lade down in this document, most notably in the 5th and 14th amendments.
- The requirements that no citizen shall be deprived from "life, liberty or property" without "due process of law" is imposed as a condition affecting the operations of both federal and state governments
- The 5th amendment also provides the citizen with further protection in their dealings with government
- No person may be tried twice for the same offence or be compelled to five self-incriminatory evidence in a criminal trial
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