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Overview'The king can do no wrong' remains one of the most fundamental yet misunderstood tenets of the common law tradition. Confusion over the phrase's historical origins and differing meanings has had serious consequences, making it easier for the state to escape liability for the harm caused to individuals by governmental officials or institutions.In the first dedicated monograph on the topic, Marie France-Fortin traces the historical evolution of 'the king can do no wrong' in constitutional and public law to shed new light on our current understanding of crown liability. The different meanings conveyed by the phrase in the common law world are clarified; the contradictions between them revealed. Adopting a historical constitutional approach, the book delves deep into traditional legal sources to develop an intellectual history of this key legal idea. It explains the mutation from 'the king can do no wrong' to 'the crown can do no wrong' at the end of the nineteenth century, analyzing the resulting departure from core tenets of the constitutional arrangement of the seventeenth century. The study of the evolution of 'the king can do no wrong' in English legal thinking, mirrored in Canada, is complemented by a comparative analysis of the idea in Australia, Ireland, and the United States, where its relationship with the concept of sovereign immunity is scrutinized. Retracing the evolution of the king can do no wrong in legal thinking, this book enhances academics', students', practitioners', and judges' understanding of the law of governmental liability in the common law world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marie-France Fortin (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198886914ISBN 10: 0198886918 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 13 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: To order  Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Understandings of The King Can Do No Wrong in Legal Thinking and Heuristic Model of Crown Liability Derived from Them 2: The King Can Do No Wrong in the Late Medieval and Tudor Periods 3: The King Can Do No Wrong During the Constitutional Struggles of the Seventeenth Century 4: Understandings of The King Can Do No Wrong in Legal Thinking in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 5: Revisiting and Understanding Crown Liability from a Historical Constitutional Perspective 6: The King Can Do No Wrong's Travels and Travails Across the Common Law World ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationDr Marie-France Fortin is an Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Ottawa. Educated at Université Laval (LLB), Harvard Law School (LLM), and the University of Cambridge (LLMi, PhD), she served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and worked in public and private practice as a solicitor and barrister before taking up her current position. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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