rättssäkerhet

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of rätt (“right, law”) +‎ -s- +‎ säkerhet (“security, safety”), attested since circa 1814. Compare with German Rechtssicherheit.

Noun

rättssäkerhet c

  1. (law) legal certainty, rule of law, law and order; a condition (commonly of a national state) which means that the rules of law are applied in a predictable way, it also entails legal security and protection against arbitrariness on the part of the authorities
    • 2021 February 19, Mårten Eidevall, “Kronvittnen hotar rättssäkerheten”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎:
      [...] ett system med kronvittnen bygger in ökade risker för falska vittnesmål – och är ett hot mot rättssäkerheten.
      [...] a system with crown witness construct inherently increased risks of false testimony - and is a threat to the legal certainty.

Antonyms

  • rättsosäkerhet (“legal uncertainty”)

Derived terms

  • rättssäkerhetsgaranti (“procedural safeguards, procedural guarantees”)
  • rättssäkerhetintresse
  • rättssäkerhettillstånd
  • rättssäkerhetskrav
  • rättssäkerhetssynpunkt

See also

  • rättstrygghet (“security before the law, legal rights”)
  • rättssäker (“legally secure, in compliance with the rule of law”)

References

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