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Definition of Equality before the law
1. Noun. The right to equal protection of the laws.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equality Before The Law
Literary usage of Equality before the law
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"No State will be allowed a Representative in Congress unless under government
founded on the consent of the governed and equality before the law. ..."
2. Democracy and Race Friction: A Study in Social Ethics by John Moffatt Mecklin (1914)
"It may be contended, however, that the essential spirit and intent of these acts
is still valid; namely, the securing of equality before the law of all ..."
3. Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin by Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1907)
"Our leading political aim is to secure equality before the law in all parts of
the Union; all others are open questions, but I seek to have everything ..."
4. The American Political Science Review (1918)
"equality before the law is not inconsistent with grouping nations into classes,
and attributing to the members of each class a status which is the measure ..."
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