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Full Idea
A rule of law regime will primarily benefit those possessing property and liberty rights.
Gist of Idea
The rule of law mainly benefits those with property and liberties
Source
John Charvet (Liberalism: the basics [2019], 02)
Book Ref
Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.13
A Reaction
Important. It's no good fighting for the law if the law doesn't protect what you have got, or if you have got nothing to protect. Important steps must precede assertion of the rule of law.