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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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