A state official used government funds for personal expenses. This violated a state law. The state had procedures in place to hold the official responsible for violating the law. Which characteristic of rule of law does this situation best illustrate? (3 points) Group of answer choices Consistent application Transparency of institutions Accountability to the law Decisions based on the law

Accountability to the law

Explanation:

In legal studies, accountability refers to the state of having to answer to the law. A person is accountable or liable to the law when some legal rule exists under which the person could find himself liable in a civil law suit or culpable in a criminal matter. In this example, the state official is accountable to the law, which means that he should be held responsible for breaking it.

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live