TY - JOUR TI - Fragment Oratio pro Cluentio Cycerona – pierwowzór idei rządów prawa AU - Zajadło, Jerzy TI - Fragment Oratio pro Cluentio Cycerona – pierwowzór idei rządów prawa AB - Excerpt from Cicero’s Oratio pro Cluentio – a prototype of the idea of the rule of law In the Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union there is no definition of the rule of law, however, in the author’s opinion, every European lawyer knows the meaning of this phrase. It has a very, very long tradition in European legal culture and is rooted in Roman law and its jurisprudence. The author has used Cicero’s Oratio pro Cluentio to explain the core of the rule of law and its meaning. VL - 2019 IS - Numer 1 (2019) PY - 2019 SN - 2544-2031 C1 - 2956-3623 SP - 24 EP - 39 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przeglad-konstytucyjny/artykul/excerpt-from-ciceros-oratio-pro-cluentio-a-prototype-of-the-idea-of-the-rule-of-law KW - Oratio pro Cluentio KW - Cicero KW - rule of law KW - European Union