That the king can do no wrong, is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England

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Monarchy Sovereign immunity Legal theory

Author

William Blackstone

Source

Commentaries on the Laws of England

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1765 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Judge Politician Lawyer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Law of England: Book the Third. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1768, ch. 17.

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Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book III Of Private Wrongs, edited by David Lemmings. Oxford University Press, 2016, ch. 17.

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

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A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

Samuel Johnson

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 15 Aug. 1773.

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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
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Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786.

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