He was known for his uprightness and authority and as a learned Judge who always gave precedence to the rule of law than anything else.

Perhaps the peek-a-boo factor helped give rise to the rule; maybe fluttering frilly underpants inspired thoughts unsuitable for Sunday.

The S.E.C. must give final approval to the rule.

This gave a catastrophic and devastating effect to the French rule in India.

It should clearly demonstrate that decades of secret trials and summary verdicts are giving way to a new era of transparency and the rule of law.

"No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery," he said.

However powerless, future shoguns would always be chosen from either Fujiwara or imperial lineage to keep the bloodline pure and give legitimacy to the rule.

"I personally don't give much credence to the international rule," Campbell said during a telephone interview.

This name is given to the rule of Hermann Hirt (1865-1936) for placing the accent in a Germanic text.

That document was itself the cornerstone of democratic rights and gave rise to the rule of Constitutional Law that now flourishes across the English-speaking world.