The drive to elevate Mr. Jiang, even as a long-anointed successor waits in the wings, could result in a ragged transfer of supreme authority, clouding what many hoped would be the first orderly, rule-based transition of leadership in the 53-year history of the People's Republic.
First, there was simply no uniform model of orderly rule in the past to be emulated.
Through the events of the Emergency the Malaysian rainforest was constructed as a space of fear and violence in opposition to the orderly rule of the state.
221 210 BCE) toured his newly acquired empire, erecting stone steles on the sites of sacred mountains; in the stele inscriptions he boasted of bringing unity, peace, stability, and orderly rule (Kern 2000; Pines 2014b).
I say this as someone who believes strongly in government transparency, but even more strongly in the orderly rule of law.
Under this substantive understanding, rules serve a higher purpose than the mere orderly regulation of human conduct; laws must also enhance liberty, security and equality and strive to attain a perfect balance between law and justice.
This week's transfer of power is gleefully described in official circles as the most orderly and rule-based in party history, a giant step toward political maturity and the rule of law.
Lawyers operate within a very orderly set of rules.
It feels orderly and safe, ruled by its stern authority figures.
It's orderly, with strong rule.
