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equality before the law
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Noun1.equality before the law - the right to equal protection of the laws
human right - (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)


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He ruled that dismissing a jury did not violate Charter rights to security of the person and equality under the law.
His challenge to equality under the law and promotion of sharia courts was so comically extreme, yet, given its author's perch in the legislature, so in need of instant rebuttal that it licensed Brown (through his spokesman) to say what he might never have said without adequate provocation: 'The Prime Minister believes British law should apply in this country, based on British values.
The first includes gender equality and is discussed in terms of equality under the law, equality of opportunity, and political equality.
 
 
 
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