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The rule of law
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The Magna Carta 1215 and the Bill of Rights 1688 were attempts made by people of the time to enforce the rule of law in Britain. The rule of law is a set of values or principles that are the cornerstone of our legal system. These principles are known or readily discoverable and therefore do not change without notice; are reasonably clear; apply prospectively, not retroactively; and enforced through public trials based upon rational procedural rules before arbiters independent of the state and all others. The purpose of the rule of law is to remove both the reality of injustice and the sense of injustice, thus preventing individuals from taking the law into their own hands as would occur under natural law or anarchy. The rule of law advocates that no one, not even Kings, politicians, government officials etc... are above the law. During the medieval period a transition took place...
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