Etat de Droit

English translation: State of Law

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French term or phrase:Etat de Droit
English translation:State of Law
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

11:41 Apr 4, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
/ int. humanitarian
French term or phrase: Etat de Droit
either Etat de Droit or état de droit... typo ?

Dans le cadre de l'engagement en faveur de la lutte contre la pauvreté, de l'état de droit, et du respect....
karen lacaud
Local time: 17:12
State of Right
Explanation:
But whoever contravenes the laws of a democracy, especially whoever takes up arms against one of them, soon finds there is no asylum anywhere. « Terrorists » and « delinquents » will always learn this to their cost : outside the State of right ( état de droit ), there is no longer anything, except prison and death.


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–State of right: State in which the authorities are forwarded in an effective way to the respect of legality by way of jurisdictional control.
http://forum2002.virtualave.net/larage/us/def.htm

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yes, in favour of the state of right
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Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 16:12
Grading comment
I had State of right but it didn't sound very positive in this context, perhaps it just needs a comma after en faveur de. If not it's a lutte contre l'état de droit. Thanks for the confirmation.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3state of law
Steven Geller
4 +1State of Right
Francesco D'Alessandro
4 +1Rule of law
Subhamay Ray (X)
4constitutional state
Elisabeth Ghysels


  

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State of Right


Explanation:
But whoever contravenes the laws of a democracy, especially whoever takes up arms against one of them, soon finds there is no asylum anywhere. « Terrorists » and « delinquents » will always learn this to their cost : outside the State of right ( état de droit ), there is no longer anything, except prison and death.


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Note added at 2002-04-04 11:47:16 (GMT)
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–State of right: State in which the authorities are forwarded in an effective way to the respect of legality by way of jurisdictional control.
http://forum2002.virtualave.net/larage/us/def.htm

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Note added at 2002-04-04 11:59:35 (GMT) Post-grading
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yes, in favour of the state of right


    Reference: http://www.geocities.com/~johngray/impl04.htm
Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 67
Grading comment
I had State of right but it didn't sound very positive in this context, perhaps it just needs a comma after en faveur de. If not it's a lutte contre l'état de droit. Thanks for the confirmation.

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agree  Codrut Tudor
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constitutional state


Explanation:
in French I found it with or without capitals.
(Eurodicautom translates however: 'rule of law')
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Nikolaus


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Elisabeth Ghysels
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PRO pts in pair: 200
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Rule of law


Explanation:
None needed.

Subhamay Ray (X)
Local time: 20:42
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in pair: 42

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agree  Dr. Chrys Chrystello
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state of law


Explanation:
state of law, as in this example from Termium...

Anglais :Nationalité et immigration

state of the law relating to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms s CORRECT

OBS - Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. s

1998-07-13

Français :Nationalité et immigration

état du droit se rapportant à la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés s CORRECT,MASC

OBS - Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Can


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... in management or on the state of law and the security of investment. For us the ... sur
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... economy - drug - human rights - State of law - regional exchanges. We show successes
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... Union Nationale sous un Etat de Droit et un système démocratique, et surtout ... first
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Steven Geller
Local time: 17:12
PRO pts in pair: 1246

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zaphod
11 mins

agree  Yolanda Broad
10 hrs

agree  Medic (X): Tend to agree. The German term "Rechtsstaat" acc. to Dietl, Wörterbuch f. Recht, Wirtschaft u. Politik is a "state in which the rule of law prevails;gov't based on the rule of law; constitutional state". Need more context.
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