Lord Hope of Craighead, A v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] 2 AC 68 at para [99]
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‘The maintenance of the rule of law is in every way as important in a free society as the democratic franchise. In our society the rule of law rests upon twin foundations: the sovereignty of the Queen in Parliament in making the law and the sovereignty of the Queen’s courts in interpreting and applying the law.”
Lord Bridge of Harwich in X Ltd v Morgan-Grampian (Publishers) Ltd [1991] 1 AC 1 at 48.
“If we ever needed to be reminded that the rule of law is precious and that its benefits should never be taken for granted, we should reflect on the consequences when the rule of law fails.”
James Wolffe QC.
“The rule of law underpins a just and economically successful society.”
James Wolffe QC, Dean of the Faculty
“Most of the supposed weaknesses of the [European Convention on Human Rights] are attributable to misunderstanding of it, and critics must ultimately answer two questions. Which of the rights would you discard? Would you rather live in a country in which these rights were not protected by law?”
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Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Rule of Law (2010) p 84