Principles of British 🇬🇧 Law. 1️⃣ Rule of Law. No one is above the law — not the King, not ministers, not officials. 2️⃣ Parliamentary Sovereignty. Parliament is the supreme law-making authority. 3️⃣ The Common Law. Law developed case by case, judgment by judgment, over centuries. 4️⃣ Due Process. The state cannot lawfully punish, imprison or deprive a person of rights arbitrarily. Power must be exercised according to law, and legal wrongs must be determined through lawful process. 5️⃣ Habeas Corpus. If the state detains you, it must be able to justify that detention before a court. Liberty cannot simply be taken on the say-so of public authorities. 6️⃣ Trial by Jury. Guilt is determined by ordinary citizens rather than government officials. 7️⃣ Presumption of Innocence. A person is innocent until proved guilty. The burden lies on the prosecution — not on the accused to prove his innocence. These principles are more than legal rules. They are barriers against totalitarian State power. A free people must understand them, use them and defend them or they will quietly erode.