Principles Of Law Enforcement In The Rule Of Law

Abstract

The rule of law is one of the fundamental values on which a modern, civilised society is based and is essential to its very functioning. The rule of law is also fundamental to the enforcement of national and international law, aiming to protect citizens and to establish the basic conditions necessary for a well-functioning and competitive economic system. The rule of law requires that everyone - as a subject of law - enjoys equal protection under the law and also prevents arbitrary and discretionary use of power by executive bodies. At the same time, it ensures the protection and respect of exclusively political rights - to elect and to be elected - as well as the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, values on which any society is based. The legal system, as a whole, must be an essential and contextual factor, through the legal rules adopted and implicitly through the guarantees of legal security, even if its contextual elements sometimes tend to go beyond the legal dimensions.