Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution¶
Dicey, A. V. (1885). Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution.
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- No One Is Above the Rules
- The maxim "no one is above the rules" encapsulates a foundational commitment to rule of law and equality before the law, a tradition Dicey (1885) crystallized as the proposition that "every man, whatever be his rank or condition, is subject to the ordinary law of the realm."
This sourceMacmillan. Foundational treatise on British constitutionalism; articulates "equality before the law"—the principle that every person, including officials, is subject to the ordinary law administered by the ordinary courts—as a core component of the rule of law alongside the supremacy of regular law and the constitution as a product of judicial decisions on individual rights.
- The maxim "no one is above the rules" encapsulates a foundational commitment to rule of law and equality before the law, a tradition Dicey (1885) crystallized as the proposition that "every man, whatever be his rank or condition, is subject to the ordinary law of the realm."
- Procedural Fairness (Due Process)
- Surprise decisions—even legally correct ones—violate procedural fairness when parties had no opportunity to prepare a response. Impartiality requires both actual independence (no financial incentive, no personal relationship to parties) and the appearance of fairness (a reasonable observer would not suspect bias)—what Dicey (1885), in his Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, called equality before the law: officials and ordinary persons stand under the same impartial rules administered by the same ordinary courts.
This sourceMacmillan. Foundational treatise on British constitutionalism; articulates "equality before the law"—the principle that every person, including officials, is subject to the ordinary law administered by the ordinary courts—as a core component of the rule of law alongside the supremacy of regular law and the constitution as a product of judicial decisions on individual rights.
- Surprise decisions—even legally correct ones—violate procedural fairness when parties had no opportunity to prepare a response. Impartiality requires both actual independence (no financial incentive, no personal relationship to parties) and the appearance of fairness (a reasonable observer would not suspect bias)—what Dicey (1885), in his Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, called equality before the law: officials and ordinary persons stand under the same impartial rules administered by the same ordinary courts.
- Rule of Law
- The rule of law is the principle that no element of a system is exempt from the system's governing rules — including the element that generates or enforces them, an architectural commitment Dicey (1885) crystallized as the threefold doctrine of law's supremacy, equality before the law, and a constitution that is itself the consequence of legal rights rather than their source.
This sourceMacmillan. Foundational treatise on British constitutionalism; articulates "equality before the law"—the principle that every person, including officials, is subject to the ordinary law administered by the ordinary courts—as a core component of the rule of law alongside the supremacy of regular law and the constitution as a product of judicial decisions on individual rights.
- The rule of law is the principle that no element of a system is exempt from the system's governing rules — including the element that generates or enforces them, an architectural commitment Dicey (1885) crystallized as the threefold doctrine of law's supremacy, equality before the law, and a constitution that is itself the consequence of legal rights rather than their source.
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