Dicey + 100 : Albert Venn Dicey, a centennial commemoration / edited by Andrew Dickinson, Timothy Endicott, Wolfgang Ernst.

Cambridge : Intersentia, 2024.

1st edition

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Dicey, A. V. -- (Albert Venn), -- 1835-1922.

Constitutional law -- Great Britain.

Rule of law.

Conflict of laws -- Great Britain.

Rule of law -- Great Britain.

Part I. Dicey in his time and our time

Dicey at Oxford

1. Introduction

2. Law teaching at Oxford, 1883–1909

3. Conclusion

Dicey on higher and legal education

1. Dicey the professor

2. Dicey the journalist

3. Dicey the political activist

4. Dicey emeritus

5. Legacy

Dicey and analytical jurisprudence

1. Principles

2. Laws

3. Conventions

4. The differences and the connections between conventions and law

5. Conclusion

Part II. Dicey and the constitution

Dicey's forgotten constitution

1. Dicey, executive dominance, and the rise of party politics

2. Dicey and the separation of powers

3. Forgotten lessons

Dicey on legality and equality

1. Dicey's rule of equal law

2. Equality beyond legality

3. Legality and equality revisited

Dicey, parliamentary sovereignty, and the principle of legality

1. Introduction

2. Dicey's conception of parliamentary sovereignty

3. The Supreme Court's revisionary view of parliamentary sovereignty

4. The principle of legality

5. Dissolving the tension

Part III. Dicey and the conflict of laws

Dicey's conflict of laws then and now

1. Introduction

2. Comity and acquired rights

3. The evolution of Dicey's rules

4. United States authorities

5. Reception and development

6. Dr John Morris and beyond

Reading Dicey's private international law in the penumbra: empire and gender

1. Introduction

2. Three common readings

3. Reading in the penumbra

4. Conclusions

Part IV. Dicey and political thought

Dicey's idea of the rule of law in its historical context

1. Introduction

2. No arbitrary punishment

3. Ordinary law and tribunals

4. Judicial decisions not declarations of rights

5. The 'rule of law' in its context

Wordsworth and Dicey: poet as political prophet

Revolution and the rule of law: Dicey on Irish home rule

1. The paradoxes of unionist history

2. The land war and the leagues

3. Dicey's rejection of historicism

4. Conclusion.

Marking the centenary of the death of Albert Venn Dicey, this book addresses the implications and influence of his work in the 21st century, assessing also the late-19th-century context that shaped his attitudes, opinions and writing. Dicey's Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1st ed, 1885, 8th ed, 1915) is a cornerstone of modern constitutional law scholarship in the UK and worldwide; his Conflict of Laws (1896) quickly became the authoritative work in private international law (today, Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws (16th ed, 2022)). These titles, together with his works on law and politics and his influence as Vinerian Professor of English Law in the University, made him an influential, and in some respects controversial, figure during his lifetime and in the following century. In this volume, 12 leading experts in areas in which Dicey immersed himself contribute to the understanding of his ideas and their influence, 100 years after his death in 1922. The book is presented in four parts, addressing Dicey's contributions to legal education; the constitution; conflict of laws; and political thought. The contributions present a modern synoptic view of the work of this leading figure in its context, which pays close attention to the ways in which his ideas have shaped the law and politics for the future. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781839704260

xviii, 186 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm