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Constitutional Developments in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

David Williams
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In his Introduction to the study of the Law of the Constitution, which appeared in its first edition in 1885, Professor A. V. Dicey of the University of Oxford emphasized in particular the doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty and the concept of the Rule of Law as guiding principles of the constitution. His exposition was clear and trenchant, inspired by the self-confidence of late Victorian Britain, and through nine editions it provided the authoritative text which to this day has influenced judges and lawyers, politicians, observers from abroad, and many others in their interpretation of the constitutional law of the United Kingdom.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , Summer 2001 , pp. 232 - 243
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Copyright © 2001 by the International Association of Law Libraries 

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