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inlawrev-3498	Torke, James W.	What Is This Thing Called the Rule of Law?	2001	12	.pdf	application/pdf	6227	378	70	200 1 ] THE RULE OF LAW 1 447 A. Promises First, the rule of law offers a palliative for the state's exercise of coercive power. James W. Torke* The rule oflaw bakes no bread, is unable to distribute loaves or fish (it has none), and it cannot protect itselfagainst external assault, but it remains the most civilized and least burdensome conception ofa state yet to be devised. l Introduction As Ronald Dworkin has reminded us, we are all subjects of law's empire, liegemen to its methods and ideals; law is our sword, shield, and menace.	cache/inlawrev-3498.pdf	txt/inlawrev-3498.txt