Constitutions and Law Flashcards
The state is seen as legitimate if they follow the rule of ___.
Law.
___ ___ ___ means that people are to be governed according to a known set of rules that affect all members of a polity and are arrived at in a constitutional manner.
Rule of Law.
Law applies over ___.
Everyone.
Law prohibits ___ power.
Arbitrary.
If everyone respects law, then no one can abuse ___.
Power.
Law is the ___ form of regulating rules.
Highest.
Laws are/aren’t affected by precedent.
Are.
Laws must be ___ in scope, and applicable to everyone and everything.
General.
Laws must be private/public.
Public.
Laws must be ___, rather than retroactive.
Prospective.
“Laws must be prospective, not retroactive”. What does this mean?
Laws must be for the future, not for past events.
Laws must be ___ in how it relates to past laws and the constitution.
Consistent.
Laws must be ___ of being obeyed.
Capable.
Law must be taken in a relevantly ___ way.
Constant.
Law must be enforced as ___.
Written.
