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Equality before the law, also known as equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, or legal equality, is the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws of justice (due process).〔(7. ), description of the UN declaration article 7, the United Nations〕 Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice. There is an old saying that 'All are equal before the law.' The author Anatole France said in 1894, "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread."〔(France, ''The Red Lily'', (Chapter VII )).〕 The belief in equality before the law is called legal egalitarianism. Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law."〔 According to the United Nations, this principle is particularly important to the minorities and to the poor.〔 Thus, everyone must be treated equally under the law regardless of their race, gender, national origin, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, or other characteristics, without privilege, discrimination, or bias. Equality before the law is one of the basic principles of liberalism.〔〔 ==History== In his famous funeral oration of 431 BC, the Athenian leader Pericles discussed this concept. This may be the first known instance. "If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if no social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way"〔Thucydides, ''(The History of the Peloponnesian War )'', Written 431 B.C.E, Translated by Richard Crawley (1874), retrieved via Project Gutenberg.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Equality before the law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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