nation of laws

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Shortened from earlier phrase "nation of laws and not of men," a common expression of the rule of law.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: regstaat — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Bulgarian: правова държава (pravova dǎržava) — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Danish: retsstat — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Dutch: rechtsstaat — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Finnish: oikeusvaltio — nation-state subject to rule of law
• French: État de droit — nation-state subject to rule of law
• West-Frisian: rjochtssteat — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Galician: estado de dereito — nation-state subject to rule of law
• German: Rechtsstaat — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Indonesian: negara hukum — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Italian: stato di diritto — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Korean: 법치국가 (beopchigukga) — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Norwegian: rettsstat — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Portuguese: estado de direito — nation-state subject to rule of law
• Swedish: rättsstat — nation-state subject to rule of law