Albert Venn Dicey (1835 to 1922) was an English constitutional jurist who held the Vinerian Chair of English Law at Oxford from 1882 to 1909. His Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885) gave the rule of law its classic modern legal formulation, holding that no person is above the law and that every person, however powerful, is subject to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary courts.
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What two pillars did Dicey say British freedom depended on?
The sovereignty of Parliament and the supremacy of common law.
Dicey believed that the freedom British subjects enjoyed depended on two pillars: the sovereignty of Parliament, and the supremacy of common law through the courts' freedom from governmental interference.
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Dicey's Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885) gave the rule of law its classic modern formulation: no person is above the law, and every person is subject to the ordinary law of the realm.
Source The Rule of Law (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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1. A. V. Dicey (Wikipedia)
2. A. V. Dicey (New World Encyclopedia)
The Rule of Law (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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