The Rule of Law is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “[t]he authority and influence of law in society, especially when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behaviour”
This includes the behaviour of any public authority – whether it is the Prime Minister, an enforcement agency, local authority or tribunal.
When a person is adversely affected by a decision of a public authority, he/she is not without redress. That decision may be reviewed (even quashed) in a legal process known as Judicial Review, on grounds of illegality, irrationality, procedural impropriety, proportionality or legitimate expectation.
See: Edgar Joseph Jr FCJ (as he then was) in R RAMA CHANDRAN v INDUSTRIAL COURT OF MALAYSIA & ANOR. [1997] 1 MLJ 145 (at p.186-187)
