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. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 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 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) 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 Jack Hawkins 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 (Latin: one who publicly professes to be an expert) (or prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Law (from the Old Norse lagu) in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, intended to provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments of/for those who do... 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 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Freedom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The rule of law implies that government authority may only be exercised in accordance with written laws, which were adopted through an established procedure. ... ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here:This article is about the legislative institution. ... A court is an official, public forum which a sovereign 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 authority to make and the power to 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 and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal...

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 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) 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