Rule of Law

What is the idea that those who govern must follow the laws and no one is above the law?

• citizenship

• social contract

• rule of law

• natural law

Which is a benefit of the rule of law?

• Bureaucratic government procedures are reduced.

• Government decisions are based on the will of the majority.

• Government officials can act on their own instincts in emergencies.

• Citizens are protected from arbitrary and oppressive uses of government power.

A government based on the rule of law is known as

• Constitutional Government

• Military Government

• Confederal Government

• Monarchial Government

The principle of the rule of law stipulates that

• Only judges interpret the law

• Law makers are above the law

• Everyone is equal before the law

• Lawyers make law

Rule of law means _____.

• corporate responsibility

• peace order and stability

• obedience to any authority

• supremacy of the law