... in which it exercises such power is limited and controlled by law. The second element that Dicey suggested was that of equality before the law. He highlighted here that no person is above the law. Thirdly, Dicey proposed the element of supremacy of the ordinary law. He suggested that there is no need for a Bill of Rights in the United Kingdom's constitution, as the principle of judicial decisions determining an individuals rights is supreme as it attends to the rights of the individual, private person. There are numerous other theories as to the Rule of Law, some agreeing with Dicey and others giving alternative interpretations. FA Von Hayek thought similarly to Dicey, and saw the essential component of the Rule of Law as being the absence of arbitrary power in the hands of the State. Hayek did go further than Dicey, as far as to say that any ...

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