Based on the work by A. Dicey the attempt was made to show that the author of rule of law doctrine was not an alien to the legal positivism and saw the supremacy of law as one of the methods of the rule of law objectification.

Thereupon the author suggests the critical evaluation of the translation of Dicey’s work into Russian given by S. Нolovaty to be used as a mechanism to modernize the views of English scientist.