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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29,
1989
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THAT NUMBER OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.
THE RULE OF LAW EMBODIED A
EQUALITY
BEFORE
OF THE THE LAW AND THE
THESE INCLUDED SUCH PRINCIPLES AS THE UNIVERSAL NATURE
THE LAW, THE SUPREMACY OF PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY.
LAW,
FROM SERVANTS DECISIONS
MR MATHEWS SAID IT WAS ON THE PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY, THIS PRINCIPLE THAT THE POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL ITS
LEGISLATION OR JUDICIAL WERE DERIVED FROM AND LIMITED BY MADE BY INDEPENDENT COURTS.
WITHIN THE LAW, "THIS MEANS THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST ACT
ΤΟ DETAIN A CITIZEN, OR IF THAT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POLICE NEED
TO SHOW TAXES ARE TO BE LEVIED, THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED MUST BE ABLE LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
"IF THEY CANNOT POINT TO
A LEGAL
BE CAN THEY
PROVISION WHICH JUSTIFIES UED IN THE COURTS AND CAN BE COMPELLED TO PUT RIGHT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, OR TO PAY COMPENSATION.
THEIR ACTIONS THEN
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LAW,
WHAT IS DONE OFFICIALLY MUST BE DONE IN HE SAID.
ACCORDANCE WITH
THE
THE CONCEPT OF THE JUDICIARY, INDEPENDENCE OF THE LAW AND THE
OTHER FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES EMBODIED BY RULE OF LAW INCLUDED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS, THE PUBLIC CHARACTER PREDICTABILITY AND CERTAINTY OF THE LAW.
MR MATHEWS SAID THE
LEGAL SYSTEM
ON THIS FINAL PRINCIPLE, WORKED TOWARDS PRODUCING LAW THAT WAS CERTAIN AND PREDICTABLE.
"THIS CERTAINTY ENABLES MEMBERS OF THEIR AFFAIRS ON THE BAS18 OF LEGAL CONTINUITY.
"CERTAINTY IN THE LAW CAN BE
THE COMMUNITY TO
ARRANGE
ILLUSTRATED
BY PRESUMPTIONS
IN
THE LAW SUCH AS THE PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
EXAMPLE THE RULE THAT A PERSON WILL NOT BE AND THAT
FRECEPTS
LAW,
PARTIES,
THAT
AND WILL
WILL GIVE
FOR PROTECT THE
DEPRIVED OF HIS LIBERTY WHEN OFFICIALS
REACHING DO SO WITHOUT
CITIZEN,
BOTH SIDES AN
THEM AND ΤΟ STATE THEIR OWN
WITHOUT DUE DECISIONS ON ISSUES AFFECTING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
"THERE
ARE OTHER
OF PROCESS
BIAS TOWARDS ONE OF
THE
CASE,
門
OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THE CASE AGAINST
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID.
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