Government - What are the conditions necessary for the operation of the rule of law?

You have asked a question with a very long answer, and a lot of people could base answers on very different principles. One principal that almost everybody misses is that Satan is the god of centralized governments.

Luke 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

"Delivered unto me," get it? Satan is the god of earthly authority.

Here is an examination of what leads to a breakdown in rule of law: www.comingdarkage.blogspot.com/