LAW1112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Statutory Interpretation, Public Law, Wield
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1. 3. 1 the rule of law: basic: the rule of law represents the antithesis of rule by men (or people, no person is above the law. Dicey: 1800s he wrote, king was the source of law and maintainer of order then passed into that sovereignty of. Parliament: omniptnce or undisputed supremacy throughout the whole country of the central government, 2nd feature is the rule or supremacy of law, under one expression at least three distinct conceptions. First place - that no man is punishable or can be lawfully made to suffer in body or goods except for a distinct brach of law established in the ordinary legal manner before the ordinary courts fo the land. "the idea of the rule of law is best understood as the compliance with those conditions under which each person"s freedom is secured: the rule of law is more than regularity or predictability:
