First edition published in 1885 under title: Lectures introductory to the study of the law of the constitution As explained above, constitutions generally establish arms of state and assign powers and duties to those arms of state. A constitution may prescribe the state powers and duties in numerous ways. The distribution of powers and duties by a constitution between established arms of state is known as the separation of powers. Anna D and Jay C, ‘Why the Rule of Law Matters More Than Ever’ https://rightsinfo.org/explainer-rule-law/ accessed 12 July 2017

For example, the case of Doctors for Life concerned the constitutionality of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act 38 of 2004 [1]. The Act gave women the right to abort a pregnancy. The Constitutional Court declared the Act to be unconstitutional, not because legalising abortion violated the right to life in the Bill of Rights, but because Parliament, in passing the law, had not fulfilled its constitutional duty to take reasonable steps to ensure public participation in the legislative process. The act was unconstitutional not for a rights-related reason, but for failing to perform its constitutional duty. Sherman R, ‘Malaysia: Critics Slam Decision to Extend Tenures of Top Judges’ http://www.benarnews.org/english/news/malaysian/malaysia-judges-07102017171503.html accessed 12 July 2017

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Sub-rule 8: The state must comply with the obligations of international law which whether deriving from treaty or international custom and practice governs the conduct of nations. The Practice and Threats of the Rule of Law in the United Kingdom Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd and Others v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council and Others [1998] ZACC 17; 1999 (1) SA 374; 1998 (12) BCLR 1458 para 56. Enhances representative democracy by allowing citizens to participate meaningfully in law-making in various ways. In the book's third edition, published in 1889, its title was changed to Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution. [6] A seventh edition appeared in 1907. [7] By its eighth edition, published in 1915, a reviewer for the American Political Science Review wrote that Introduction was "accepted as a standard work on the English constitution". [8] Dicey wrote a long introduction to the eighth edition in which he argued that the rule of law had declined in Britain since the first edition of Introduction was published. [9] A ninth edition was published in 1939. [10] Philip Norton wrote in a 1984 book that Introduction was the "most influential work of the past century" on the British constitution. [11]

Various provisions relating to the National Assembly, such as proportional representation (section 57).

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Fletcher, Ian Christopher (17 March 2008). " 'This Zeal for Lawlessness': A. V. Dicey, The Law of the Constitution, and the Challenge of Popular Politics, 1885–1915". Parliamentary History. 16 (3): 309–329. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-0206.1997.tb00579.x. J. W. F. Allison, ed. (2013). The Oxford Edition of Dicey. Oxford: Oxford U.P. ISBN 978-0199685820. Vol. 1 includes the first edition of Introduction, with the main addenda in later editions; vol. 2, The Comparative Study of Constitutions, provides largely unpublished lectures on comparative constitutional law, intended for a further book; both volumes have extensive editorial commentary. Dicey, A. V. (1959). Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (10ed.). London: Macmillan.