negara hukum

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of negara (“state”) +‎ hukum (“law”), calque of Dutch rechtsstaat (literally “law state”), from German Rechtsstaat coined by Carl Theodor Welcker in 1813.

Noun

negara hukum (first-person possessive negara hukumku, second-person possessive negara hukummu, third-person possessive negara hukumnya)

1. (government, law) rechtsstaat, a doctrine in continental European legal thinking, with emphasise what is just, in which the exercise of governmental power is constrained by the law.

Derived terms

• negara hukum formal
• negara hukum material

 

Further reading

• “negara hukum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.