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== Equality before the law == |
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Equality before law means that the law applies to all peoples equally and without exceptions. Laws can sometimes be designed to help minimize unequal application.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Equality under and before the law|journal = The University of Toronto Law Journal|volume = 61|issue = 3|pages = 411–465|jstor = 23018555|last1 = Lucy|first1 = William|year = 2011|doi = 10.3138/utlj.61.3.411}}</ref> |
Equality before law means that the law applies to all peoples equally and without exceptions. Laws can sometimes be designed to help minimize unequal application.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Equality under and before the law|journal = The University of Toronto Law Journal|volume = 61|issue = 3|pages = 411–465|jstor = 23018555|last1 = Lucy|first1 = William|year = 2011|doi = 10.3138/utlj.61.3.411}}</ref> Well-designed constitutions, for example, can help protect political rights in functioning democracies.<ref>Jessica Bulman-Pozen & Miriam Seifter, ''[https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/2654 The Democracy Principle in State Constitutions]'', 119Mich. L. Rev. 859 (2021).</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lepore |first=Jill |date=2021-03-22 |title=When Constitutions Took Over the World |language=en-US |work=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/29/when-constitutions-took-over-the-world |access-date=2023-07-01 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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Revision as of 20:13, 1 July 2023
Political egalitarianism occurs when everyone has equal political power or influence.[1] A founding principle of various forms of democracy, political egalitarianism also suggests all citizens of a place must be treated equally and fairly regardless of characteristics like their race, religion, wealth or intelligence. This is expressed in such principles as one person, one vote, equality before the law, and equal rights of free speech.[2]
Political equality
Political equality is only achieved when the norms, rules and procedures that govern the community afford equal consideration to all.[3] Robert Dahl believes that the ideal of democracy assumes that political equality is desirable.[4] He goes on to argue that political equality and democracy are supported by the inherent intrinsic equal worth of every person (intrinsic equality) and that no one person can be entrusted with total control over a government.[5]
Equality before the law
Equality before law means that the law applies to all peoples equally and without exceptions. Laws can sometimes be designed to help minimize unequal application.[6] Well-designed constitutions, for example, can help protect political rights in functioning democracies.[7][8]
See also
- "All men are created equal"
- Deliberative democracy
- Democratization
- Egalitarianism
- Human rights
- Money in politics
- One person, one vote
- Political freedom
- Positive liberty
- Sortition
- Universal suffrage
References
- ^ Egalitarianism. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2013.
- ^ Verba, Sydney (January 2001). "Political Equality: What Is It? Why Do We Want It?". Russell Sage Foundation. p. 19.
- ^ Beramendi, P., Besley, T. and Levi, M. (2022), ‘Political equality: what is it and why does it matter?’, IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities
- ^ Dahl, Robert Alan (2006). On Political Equality. New Haven (Conn.): Yale University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-300-11607-6.
- ^ Dahl, Robert Alan (2006). On Political Equality. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-300-11607-6.
- ^ Lucy, William (2011). "Equality under and before the law". The University of Toronto Law Journal. 61 (3): 411–465. doi:10.3138/utlj.61.3.411. JSTOR 23018555.
- ^ Jessica Bulman-Pozen & Miriam Seifter, The Democracy Principle in State Constitutions, 119Mich. L. Rev. 859 (2021).
- ^ Lepore, Jill (2021-03-22). "When Constitutions Took Over the World". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-07-01.