<P> Albert Venn Dicey , KC , FBA ( 4 February 1835 -- 7 April 1922 ) , usually cited as A.V. Dicey , was a British jurist and constitutional theorist . He is most widely known as the author of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution ( 1885 ) . The principles it expounds are considered part of the uncodified British constitution . He became Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford and a leading constitutional scholar of his day . Dicey popularised the phrase `` rule of law '' , although its use goes back to the 17th century . </P>
<P> Albert Venn Dicey , KC , FBA ( 4 February 1835 -- 7 April 1922 ) , usually cited as A.V. Dicey , was a British jurist and constitutional theorist . He is most widely known as the author of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution ( 1885 ) . The principles it expounds are considered part of the uncodified British constitution . He became Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford and a leading constitutional scholar of his day . Dicey popularised the phrase `` rule of law '' , although its use goes back to the 17th century . </P>
who proponded the concept of rule of law in britain
who proponded the concept of rule of law in britain
Albert Venn Dicey
Albert Venn Dicey