法律至上，是一切法治国家普遍奉行的原则，是法治之所以为法治而区别于专制、人治的根本特性。当古希腊思想家亚里士多德第一次提出了“法治应当优于一人之治”的主张之后，伴随着历史的发展特别是资产阶级取得政权、建立资产阶级民主制度，法律至上作为法治的一项根本原则，逐渐在支配着人类的治国观念。 The supremacy of the law is the principle universally pursued by all the countries ruled by law and the fundamental characteristic of the rule of law as distinguished from autocracy and rule of man by the rule of law. After Aristotle, the ancient Greek thinker, first proposed the idea that “the rule of law should surpass the rule of one person”, along with historical development, especially the bourgeoisie’s power, the establishment of bourgeois democracy and the supremacy of law as the rule of law A fundamental principle that gradually dominates the concept of governing the country by mankind.