The Constitution and judiciary as a parallel legal system protecting the game's rules and property rights.
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rule of law
The Constitution and judiciary as a parallel legal system protecting the game's rules and property rights.
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The principle that no one, including the king, is above law or justice.
Jiang defines the Constitution as the mechanism that puts the American game above power through checks and balances, the Supreme Court, rule of law, and property-rights courts.
Clauses 39 and 40 of Magna Carta are said to establish due process and rule of law: even criminals and even the king are bound by lawful judgment.
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"...the highest law on the land means that it's really rule of law so even though you have this government system in place you..."
"china you have the best argument in the world no one cares right okay so we there are lots of issues with america but..."
"...idea of due process. Number 40 establishes the idea of rule of law."
"...radically reformed the Prussian judicial system so that you had rule of law, so that everyone had recourse to justice. Even if you were..."
"...that make sense okay so in theory America is a rule of law nation but people don't really understand these laws and people don't..."
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