Q: How does the rule of law limit the scope of legislation?
A: “It restricts it to the kind of general rules known as formal law and excludes legislation either directly aimed at particular people or at enabling anybody to use the coercive powers of the state for the purpose of such discrimination. It means, not everything is regulated by law, but, on the contrary, that the coercive power of the state can be used only in case defined in advance by the law and in such a way that it can be foreseen how it will be used” (Hayek 92).
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