In the USA the Constitution is law, the highest law, and the President, Congress, and the Federal Judiciary are bound by its terms. A government of laws and not of men is, then, the underlying principle of the American political and legal system. Likewise, rule of law means equality before the law While in Russia, since its adoption in a 1993 referendum the Russian Constitution is considered to be the supreme law of the land. Article 15 of the Constitution reads that it “shall have supreme legal force and have direct effect, and shall be applicable throughout the entire territory of the Russian Federation”. In 1999, the National’s People’s Congress (NPC) adopted an amendment to the Chinese Constitution. The existence of the rule of law in China has been widely debated. However, the central government had originally preferred the expression, “strengthening the law/legal system” to “the rule of law”. its legal system has been based on the Confucian philosophy of social control through moral education, as well as the Legalist emphasis on codified law and Criminal sanctions. It is no surprise as to why these countries are ahead in terms of law and limiting corruption and organised crime. The rule of law is clear and adhered of unlike african countries that have low accountability towards such issues.
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