Albert Venn Dicey (February 4, 1835 – April 7, 1922) was a British jurist and constitutional theorist who wrote An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885). The principles it expounds are considered part of the uncodified British constitution. He had been a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford and became professor of Law at Oxford and a leading constitutional scholar of his day. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is part of the series Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament Crown House of Lords    Lord Chancellor House of Commons    Speaker Prime Minister Cabinet Government Departments Scottish Parliament    Scottish Executive National Assembly for Wales    Welsh Assembly Government Northern Ireland Assembly    Northern Ireland Executive Local government Greater London Authority... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Triona Giblin Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Aphorism Critical legal studies Jurisprudence Law (principle) Legal research Letter versus Spirit List of legal abbreviations Legal code Natural justice Natural law Philosophy of law Religious law External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...

He became a lawyer in 1863 and was appointed the Vinerian Chair of English Law at Oxford in 1882. In his first major work, the seminal An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, Dicey warned that freedom was under attack by modern incursions against the Rule of Law. He understood that the freedom British subjects enjoyed was dependent on the sovereignty of Parliament, the impartiality of the courts free from governmental interference and the supremacy of Common Law. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Personal Liberty is one of the meanings of freedom. Statue of Liberty - Societal Liberty is one of the meanings of freedom. For proper-noun uses of Freedom, see Freedom (disambiguation). ... The rule of law implies that government authority may only be exercised in accordance with written laws, which were adopted through an established procedure. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, group of people or oneself. ... An aerial view of Parliament of India at New Delhi. ... A court is an official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. ... A government is the body that has the power to make and enforce laws within an organization or group. ... This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ...

He later left Oxford and went on to become one of the first Professors of Law at the (at the time) new London School of Economics. There he published in 1896 his "Conflict of Laws." The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university based in London, often regarded as the worlds most prestigious social science institution with unrivalled diversity. ...

Other notable works include: The Privy Council (1887) and Lectures on the Relation Between Law & Public Opinion In England (1905). A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Works by Albert Venn Dicey at Project Gutenberg
• An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution