1) The
law must be accessible, and so far as possible intelligible, clear and
predictable
2) Questions
of legal right and liability should ordinarily be resolved by application of
the law and not the exercise of discretion
3) The
laws of the land should apply equally to all, save to the extent that objective
differences justify differentiation
4) Ministers
and public officers at all levels must exercise the powers conferred on them in
good faith, fairly, for the purpose which the powers were conferred, without
exceeding the limits of such powers and not unreasonably
5) The
law must afford adequate protection of fundamental human rights
6) Means
must be provided for resolving, without prohibitive cost or inordinate delay,
bona fide civil disputes which the parties themselves are unable to resolve
7) Adjudicative
procedures provided by the state should be fair
8) The
rule of law requires compliance by the state with its obligations in
international law as in national law
T Bingham, The Rule of Law (Penguin 2011)