William Martin Geldart, quoted in R. S. Rait, 'Dicey, Albert Venn (1835–1922)', The Dictionary of National Biography, 1922–1930, ed. J. R. H. Weaver (1937), p. 260
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[Dicey's The Law of Domicil] not only reduced to order one of the most intricate and technical branches of law...but exerted a potent influence on its development.
— William Martin Geldart
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Albert Venn Dicey (February 4, 1835 – April 7, 1922) was a British jurist and constitutional theorist who wrote An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885). The principles it expounds are considered part of the uncodified British constitution.
About A. V. Dicey
Albert Venn Dicey (February 4, 1835 – April 7, 1922) was a British jurist and constitutional theorist who wrote An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885). The principles it expounds are considered part of the uncodified British constitution.
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