--- title: "4 A. V. Dicey Quotes - Famous Legal counselor" description: "British jurist and constitutional theorist (1835–1922)... | Albert Venn Dicey, was a British Whig jurist and constitutional theorist. He is most widely ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b118/author-a-v-dicey-69317.jpg" --- ![Portrait of A. V. Dicey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b118/author-a-v-dicey-69317.jpg) # A. V. Dicey (1835–1922) Legal Counselor **4** quotes in **51** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet A. V. Dicey was a legal counselor. ## Quick Facts About A. V. Dicey Born February 4, 1835 Died April 7, 1922 Profession Legal Counselor ## About A. V. Dicey British jurist and constitutional theorist (1835–1922)... \| Albert Venn Dicey, was a British Whig 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 E ## Quotes by A. V. Dicey > [The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-v-dicey/the-principle-of-parliamentary-sovereignty-means-neither-more-nor/) A. V. Dicey [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/a-v-dicey-69317_body_the-principle-of-parliamentary-sovereign_768292.png) > [Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-v-dicey/our-constitution-in-short-is-a-judge-made-constitution-and-it-bears/) A. V. Dicey [Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/a-v-dicey-69317_bears_our-constitution-in-short-is-a-judge-mad_806980.png) > [Freedom of discussion is in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury of twelve shopkeepers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-v-dicey/freedom-of-discussion-is-in-england-little-else-than-the-right-to/) A. V. Dicey [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/a-v-dicey-69317_discussion_freedom-of-discussion-is-in-england-litt_985482.png) > [The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-v-dicey/the-beneficial-effect-of-state-intervention-especially-in-the-form-of/) A. V. Dicey [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/a-v-dicey-69317_beneficial_the-beneficial-effect-of-state-intervent_1202903.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-v-dicey/#itemlist", "name": "A. V. Dicey Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A. V. 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