Originally Posted by DanielandHayley:
Well I am afraid that you are both wrong then.
The Rule of Law is that the rights of individuals are determined by legal rules and not the arbitary behaviour of authorities...ie we are ruled by rules not rulers.. additionaly there can be no punishment unless the breach of the law has been so decided by a court and finally that no body is above the law, regardless of any position in socety.
This does in anyway stipulate that all warfare is unlawful and therefore 'the very opposite of the rule of law'.