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Peace and Stability
Promotion of social justice and equality
Democracy and the government responsible towards the people
Assurance of independent judiciary and media
Supremacy of law
End of impunity
Feeling of belongingness of all in governing process
Law supremacy
Ways to Check Rule of law

The ways to check rule of law whether it is followed or not in the following ways:
Role of government
Power balance and stratification
Position of Judiciary
Democracy and human rights
Periodic elections
Address to equality and equity

Obstacles to Promote Rule of Law

Lack of mechanism to maintain law and policy of the nation
Corruption and abuse of authority
Verdicts of supreme court given in favour of rule of law are unimplemented
Tendency to get more rights but less to perform duties
Seeing to get legal solutions but ignored and social and culture solutions
Trends of interpreting the laws looking after own desires.

Measure to Promote Rule of Law

Formulation of inclusive laws
Interpretation according to the real spirit of law
Making the future plan of the nation with clear vision
Implementation of the decisions of judicial bodies
Exploring the alternative ways to solve the social problems in additions to legal
solutions
Expansion of civic education against corruption
In the context of Nepal, rule of law was very poor. This situation has resulted in poor
governance or lawlessness. Some of the unlawful activities existed in the country are:

Political power dominates every field
Widespread of corruption and abuse of authority

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