The rule of law is one of the fundamental principles of UK' s unwritten or uncodified constitution .The key idea of the rule of law is that the law should apply equally to all ,rulers and ruled alike. This ,in the words of the 19-century constitution expert ,A.V.Diecy ensures a ‘ government of law' and not a ‘government of men ‘. The alternative to the rule of law is there for arbitrary government. In this way, the rule of law establishes the relationship between government and the people.
However , the rule of law is a complex principle , and it is best explained as a collection of subprinciples .There has been ,moreover, significant debate about how far the law ‘rules' the UK . Harden and Lewis (1988) even describe the rule of law as the ‘noble lie' of the British constitution. As previously mentioned, the rule of law, has been created to ensure that: