retsstatslige
Retsstatslige is an adjective used to describe things related to the concept of a retsstat, the rule-of-law state. In Danish legal and political discourse, retsstat refers to a state organized and constrained by law, with clear separation of powers, protection of fundamental rights, and independent judicial review. The form retsstatslige is formed from retsstat plus the suffix -lige, allowing it to modify nouns such as praksis, myndighed, eller beslutninger.
Characteristics commonly associated with retsstatslige practices include adherence to due process, legal certainty, proportionality in the
In discourse, retsstatslige can function descriptively—describing how an institution operates within the rule of law—or normatively,
Retsstatslige is closely related to the broader idea of the Rechtsstaat in German-speaking contexts and to