☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Rule by Law

A governance concept in East Asian legal traditions, particularly China, in which law serves primarily as an instrument of state control and social order, as distinguished from the Western concept of rule of law limiting government power.

Etymology: English compound · Category: East Asian Law · Source: Randall Peerenboom, 'China's Long March Toward Rule of Law' (2002)
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