Rechtsstaat (German: [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌʃtaːt] ; lit. "state of law"; "legal state") is a doctrine in continental European legal thinking, originating in German...

Die Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative (Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion...

to political philosophy and the philosophy of law is the doctrine of Rechtsstaat. According to this doctrine, the power of the state is limited in order...

Retrieved on 23 July 2014. (in Dutch) De sociale rechtsstaat voorbij: twee ontwerpen voor het huis van de rechtsstaat Archived 1 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine...

for the countries of common law, and the originally German doctrine of Rechtsstaat, translated into other languages of continental Europe as état de droit...

term rule of law is closely related to constitutionalism as well as Rechtsstaat. It refers to a political situation, not to any specific legal rule....

of governmental power is not constrained by the law, as opposed to a Rechtsstaat (constitutional state). It is used not only as a jurisprudential term...

the governed (a concept known as rule of law), formulated in Europe as Rechtsstaat. Some of these ideas began to be expressed in England in the 17th century...

unequally applied, and its making outside of non-state control – and to the Rechtsstaat ("state of rights") – in which constitutional rights are viewed as preceding...

expressed by the general will via election or referendum; against the Rechtsstaat—which limits the power of the democratic state (the majority) to protect...