[Vnbiz] 'rule of law' and/or 'rule by law'

[ToanDucPham@GMail.com]

Hi anh Andrew, anh Hoanh, and other CACEs,
As anh Andrew mentioned the term 'rule of law', may I ask:

   1. What is 'rule of law'?
   2. What is 'rule by law'? and
   3. Therefore, the difference between them?

Please enlight/educate me.  Thanks.
Cheers.  Toan.






On 10/27/06, Andrew Wyatt <abwyatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> [Vietnam Business Forum]
> What can we say? That we have a long way to go before we have real 'rule
of law'?
> Actually, I have a similar story which says something about the role of
local gangsters. When my next door neighbour wanted to clean up or move out
all the drug addicts that used to be a blight on our hem in a District of
Saigon, he contacted the local gangster (admittedly a friend of his) instead
of the local police. The hem has been 'clean' ever since.
> Cheers
> Andrew
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