... was one of the main features of the British constitution. Dicey considered the rule of law to consist of three concepts. The first concept states that 'No man is punishable or can be lawfully made to suffer in body or goods except for a distinct breach of law established in the ordinary legal manner before the ordinary courts of the land. In this sense the rule of law is contrasted with every system of government based on the exercise by persons on authority of wide, arbitrary, or discretionary powers of constraint.' This concept basically means that the personal freedom or property of an individual can only be interfered with by the State if the State can point to a specific and definite law established before the courts. But can this be considered to be correct? For example, the police can arrest a person upon reasonable suspicion of having committed an arrestable offence. ...

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