Rule according to higher law
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The rule according to a higher law means that no written law may be enforced by the government unless it conforms with certain unwritten, universal principles of fairness, morality, and justice.
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See also
- Calder v. Bull
- Constitution
- Constitutional economics
- Constitutionalism
- Constitutional theory
- Equality before the law
- Jurisprudence
- Liberal legalism
- Nuremberg Principles
- Political philosophy of Immanuel Kant
- Rechtsstaat
- Rule of law
- Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project
- Roerich Pact
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