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‖ Rechtsstaat|ˈrɛçtsʃtaːt| Also (erron.) Rechtstaat. [Ger., f. rechts gen. of recht right n.1 + staat state n.] A country in which the rule of law prevails.
1935J. D. Lewis Genossenschaft-Theory of Otto von Gierke vi. 69 Being a Rechtstaat, the modern state, the German state for example, stands within law and recognizes legal limitations upon its own sovereign will. 1944F. A. Hayek Road to Serfdom vi. 54 The early nineteenth-century discussions in Germany about the nature of the Rechtsstaat. 1948[see kulturstaat s.v. kultur]. 1963Economist 5 Oct. 5/1 In a Rechtsstaat (state based on law) only the judgements of a competent court are valid and binding. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 1 July 809/2 Try as the lawyers might..to make Franco Spain a Rechtstaat. |