Walters, Mark D. (2012). "Dicey on Writing the "Law of the Constitution" ". Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 32 (1): 21–49. doi: 10.1093/ojls/gqr031. This 8th edition, published in 1915, was the last edition written by Dicey. The 9th edition (1931) and 10th edition (1959) have an introduction and appendix by E.C.S. Wade Doctors for Life International v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others [2006] ZACC 11; 2006 (12) BCLR 1399 (CC); 2006 (6) SA 416 (CC) Weill, Rivka (2003). "Dicey Was Not Diceyan". The Cambridge Law Journal. 62 (2): 474–493. doi: 10.1017/S000819730300638X.

Besides, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights had urged Thailand to “assure the position of the human rights and an immediate restoration of the rule of law in the country”. “The mandatory substitution of an elected government, the imposition of martial law, the suspension of the constitution and the emergency steps that are limiting the enjoyment of human rights are the issues that I am profoundly worrying about”, she added. The lecture entitled ‘The Rule of Law’ was given by Lord Bingham in the House of Lords on 16 November2006. Lord Bingham outlined 8 sub-rules which he believed comprised the rule of law and these 8 principles enunciated by Lord Bingham had been regarded as the modern version of the rule of law. Lord Bingham declared that “the core of the existing doctrine of the rule of law was that all public and private persons should be bound by and entitled to the benefit of laws publicly and prospectively issued and publicly administered by the courts.” The view of Lord Bingham could be said as filling in the gaps of Dicey’s conception as it is more modern and concerning the latest issue. The 8 principles are as below: Dicey, Albert V.; Rait, Robert S. (1920). Thoughts on the Union between England and Scotland. London: Macmillan – via Internet Archive.Neale, Charles Montague (1907). The senior wranglers of the University of Cambridge, from 1748 to 1907. With biographical, & c., notes. Bury St. Edmunds: Groom and Son. p.28 . Retrieved 4 March 2011. Enhances representative democracy by allowing citizens to participate meaningfully in law-making in various ways. Firstly, the courts must play the vital and active role to uphold the doctrine of rule of law. When the control of the Parliament on the administration is reducing, the judicial power and control should be adequately raised. Thus, in the countries which having a written and supreme constitution, the judiciary or the courts are given the responsibility and right to review executive and legislative actions if any unconstitutionality is spotted. Besides, the judges should do their best in correcting the loopholes in the law.

Ogg, Frederic A. (June 1940). "Review of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution and Constitutional Law". American Political Science Review. 34 (3): 579–582. doi: 10.2307/1949373. ISSN 0003-0554. The rule of law is often understood with reference to the theory of the British jurist, AV Dicey. Dicey explained in his Introduction To The Study Of Law Of The Constitution (1885), that the rule of law has three characteristics. First, because the law is supreme all public power must be exercised in terms of an empowering provision in a law. Second, everyone is equal before the law. Third, the courts are responsible for enforcing the laws of a country [9]. If all three conditions are met then the rule of law is established within a state. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution is a book by A. V. Dicey about the constitution of the United Kingdom. It was first published in 1885.Swee Leng H and Alexia S, The Rule of Law in Parliament (Bingham Centre For The Rule Of Law, London 2017) Various provisions relating to the National Assembly, such as proportional representation (section 57). In the United Kingdom, the rule of law, at least historically, has been closely related to A.V. Dicey. Dicey’s perception of the rule of law was introduced in his book Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution. According to Dicey, in line with the concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty, the rule of law is one of the twin pillars of the British Constitution. There are 3 conceptions of the rule of law which had been highlighted by Dicey. The first aspect indicates that no man is punishable or can be lawfully made to suffer in body or deprived of their goods unless they had violated the law which has been established in an ordinary way and applied by an ordinary court. There is also an absolute supremacy or predominance of regular law over arbitrary power and the state could not act in an arbitrary manner which was unlawful. For example, the case of Doctors for Life concerned the constitutionality of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act 38 of 2004 [1]. The Act gave women the right to abort a pregnancy. The Constitutional Court declared the Act to be unconstitutional, not because legalising abortion violated the right to life in the Bill of Rights, but because Parliament, in passing the law, had not fulfilled its constitutional duty to take reasonable steps to ensure public participation in the legislative process. The act was unconstitutional not for a rights-related reason, but for failing to perform its constitutional duty.

In the book's third edition, published in 1889, its title was changed to Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution. [6] A seventh edition appeared in 1907. [7] By its eighth edition, published in 1915, a reviewer for the American Political Science Review wrote that Introduction was "accepted as a standard work on the English constitution". [8] Dicey wrote a long introduction to the eighth edition in which he argued that the rule of law had declined in Britain since the first edition of Introduction was published. [9] A ninth edition was published in 1939. [10] Philip Norton wrote in a 1984 book that Introduction was the "most influential work of the past century" on the British constitution. [11] Sherman R, ‘Malaysia: Critics Slam Decision to Extend Tenures of Top Judges’ http://www.benarnews.org/english/news/malaysian/malaysia-judges-07102017171503.html accessed 12 July 2017 Citizens elect representatives who vote on political issues on behalf of citizens. Representatives are often organised into political parties. Review of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution". American Political Science Review. 9 (2): 385–389. May 1915. doi: 10.2307/1944633. ISSN 0003-0554.It is when a constitution seeks to move a society towards a better version of itself instead of maintaining a status quo.

In Brief, ‘The Rule of Law in the UK’ http://www.inbrief.co.uk/legal-system/the-rule-of-law/ accessed 12 July 2017 A purely representative notion of democracy is incompatible with constitutional supremacy. Constitutional supremacy means that every so often the will of the majority will be constrained by a constitutional rule. However, as Chaskalson P held in Makwanyane, there are other notions of democracy that are compatible with limiting the power of a legislature by a constitution that is then interpreted by another arm of state (normally the judiciary). Democracy can entail safeguards for minority voters and does not have to entail parliamentary sovereignty [4]. Democracy does not have to entail a majority decision on every aspect of a state. The majority can decide to delegate decision-making on certain matters to a smaller group of people (for example, judges who are experts in constitutional law). In any event, whatever impact a constitution has on majority rule can also be mitigated by the fact that the majority decided to create that constitution (as it arguably did in South Africa). Before 1910, South Africa did not exist as a single state, but was a collection of independent states. After 1910, it was a Union. Then in 1961 it became a Republic that was independent of British rule. Sheppard, Stephen M. (2008). "Dicey, Albert Venn (1835–1922)". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; Cato Institute. pp.123–134. doi: 10.4135/9781412965811.n77. ISBN 978-1412965804. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024. Chapter 6 concerns special institutions established by Chapter 9 of the Constitution. These institutions, like the Public Protector, occupy an interesting zone in the separation of powers. Chapter 9 institutions are not part of any arm of state and perform specialised functions. Simultaneously, they are held to account by the executive, legislature, and judiciary.Fletcher, Ian Christopher (17 March 2008). " 'This Zeal for Lawlessness': A. V. Dicey, The Law of the Constitution, and the Challenge of Popular Politics, 1885–1915". Parliamentary History. 16 (3): 309–329. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-0206.1997.tb00579.x. Sub-rule 6: The executive must use the powers given to them reasonably, in good faith, for the proper purpose and must not exceed the limit s of these powers.