Dicey's view of the English constitution as historical was traditional, but he promoted, and imported to that constitution, a history that was comparative, critical and modernist. His promotion of history as comparison affected his treatment of Magna Carta and his view of its importance to the...

In response to highly selective recent treatment, Dicey's rule of law contribution is presented, not merely as coining or popularising the well-known phrase, but as multi-faceted. It was the express, methodical and comprehensive incorporation of the rule of law as one of two pervasive...

This paper advances the proposition that the constitutional quandaries associated with Brexit have now so deepened that cracks begin to appear in an underlying constitutional bedrock which we can usefully identify as the idea of ‘Sustainable Governance' in the UK. The development of this...

The rule of law remains a hallowed principle even in the unpromising environment of counterterrorism, but failures to live up to rule of law rhetoric must be highlighted. As a result, one might question whether counter terrorism can realistically be conducted wholly in accordance with the rule...