negara hukum

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of negara (“state”) +‎ hukum (“law”), calque of Dutch rechtsstaat (literally “law state”), from German Rechtsstaat coined by Carl Theodor Welcker in 1813.

Noun

negara hukum (plural negara-negara hukum)

  1. (government, law) rechtsstaat, a doctrine in continental European legal thinking, with emphasise what is just, in which the exercise of governmental power is constrained by the law

Derived terms

  • negara hukum formal
  • negara hukum material

Further reading

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