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nomocracy

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nomocracy [nɒˈmɒkrəsɪ nəʊ-]
n pl -cies
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government based on the rule of law rather than arbitrary will, terror, etc.
[from Greek, from nomos law + -cracy]
nomocracy
a system of government based on a legal code.
See also: Law
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Together with the strong positivist influence inherited from the nineteenth century, caudillismo has placed the will over legislation and legislation over law to the point that we have been governed by a teleocracy (a government of objectives) instead of by a nomocracy (a government of laws)--to apply the formula used by Bertrand de Jouvenel.
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