Тhe legal state over time: the nature and the main approaches to the definition
... dialectic method of cognition, the methods of analysis and synthesis, and formally logical, historical legal and comparative legal methods. The result of the research that has been undertaken shall be the definition of the legal state, which is based on the rule of law, the recognition of law, the respect of law and the civil compliance with the law, as well as on the government’s ensuing the individual rights and freedoms.
1. Алексеев Р. А. Эволюция концепции правового государства ...