Equal treatment of all citizens before the law is referred to as _____ .

Concept

Equality before the law means that every person has the same legal status and is subject to the same law.

It rejects special legal privilege and requires equal treatment by public authorities.

Application

The stem directly describes equal treatment of all citizens before the law. That principle is equality, specifically legal equality.

Contrast

• Justice is the broader ideal of fairness, rights, and remedies.

• Liberty is freedom of thought and action within lawful limits.

• Democracy is government through participation and rule by the people.

Cross-check

Replacing the blank with “Equality” yields the standard expression “equality before the law”; the other terms describe different constitutional ideals.

Therefore, the answer is Equality.