Much has been written and spoken recently about the "rule of law." It is not a phrase that I have ever used in my practice, and so I am curious as to what it truly means. I found a definition on the internet; it means "the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws" The Oxford English dictionary says that it is "the principle whereby all members of a society (including those in government) are considered equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes...
