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8 - The Spirit of Legality: A. V. Dicey and the Rule of Law

from Part III - Moralities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2021

By
Mark D. Walters
Edited by
Jens Meierhenrich  and
Martin Loughlin
Jens Meierhenrich
Affiliation:
London School of Economics
Martin Loughlin
Affiliation:
London School of Economics
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With the publication of his lectures on constitutional law in 1885, A. V. Dicey introduced an account of the rule of law that would have, for better or worse, a powerful influence. His book, Law of the Constitution, is an extended essay on how the law of the English or British constitution is the expression of two basic principles, the rule of law and parliamentary sovereignty. These ideas were not new to English legal writing, but Dicey succeeded with impressive literary flourish to elevate them to the status of the organizing principles of the constitution.

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The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law , pp. 153 - 170
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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