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Political systems of various states are currently described as the rule of law states, lawabiding states, democratic states ruled by law, lawful states, or law-governed states? Mostly, it is noticed that the states ruled by law are characterized by the fact that the power is exercised by the set of abstract principles which govern the conduct of all people (a general norm) by equal rules, in opposition to the state governed by people (the order of an individual or group of individuals). Such a state acts on the basis of law and within its limits. The above statement corresponds with the apprehension of the law-abiding state. The law observing state is formally characterized by functioning on the basis of, and within the limits of law whereas its substantial dimension means that the law is equal (equal for everyone). This description is not sufficient to characterize the rule of the law state. It is only a fragment of even broader concept of the democratic state ruled by law.

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demokratyczne państwo prawne porządek prawny praworządność legalizm , zasady państwa prawnego zasada zaufania jednostki do państwa i prawa democratic state ruled by law rule of law legitimacy legalism law-abiding state principles the principle of trust in the state and the law

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Oniszczuk, J. (2015) “The concept of the State of Law”, Public Policy Studies, 2(2(6), pp. 57–77. doi: 10.33119/KSzPP.2015.2.3.
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