...proposition that the sovereign was immune from suit. ' The King ', reads a famous passage from Blackstone, ' is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of...mean to do an improper thing; in him is no folly or weakness.'5 This theory of State infallibility and immunity was incorporated into the jurisprudence...

...of the government party. He was a snob and a royalist to the point of absurdity. He said: "The king is not only incapable of doing wrong but even of thinking wrong: in him is no folly or weakness." That is quite a remarkable statement to make, considering that George...

...the allied concepts later enunciated by Blackstone: "The King can do no wrong. The King, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of...he can never mean to do an improper thing; in him there is no folly or weakness." William Knaak, School District Tort Liability in the jos (St. Paul,...

...exerted to their prejudice r. TH E king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but ever :>f thinking wrong : he can never mean to do an improper thing : in him is no folly or weaknefs. And therefore, if the crown mould be induced to grant any franchife or privilege to a fubject contrary...

...exerted to their prejudice r. TH E king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but ever A thinking wrong : he can never mean to do an improper thing : in him is no folly or weakneis. And therefore, if the crown ihould be induced to grant any franchife or privilege to a fubject...

...Wrongs, 44 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1, 2-5 (1972). 7 See 1 W. Blackstone, Commentaries *246 ("The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of...wrong; he can never mean to do an improper thing"). In fact, however, effective mechanisms developed early in England to redress injuries resulting from the...

...Wrongs, 44 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1, 2-5 (1972). ' See 1 W. Blackstone, Commentaries *246 ("The king, moreoyer, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong; be can never mean to do an improper thing"). In fact, however, effective mechanisms developed early...

...could do. The unconscious motivation is reflected in the sober formula of Blackstone, "The sovereign is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of...mean to do an improper thing; in him is no folly or weakness."1 There is very deep meaning in the phrase of Paley's that "a family contains the rudiments...

...concept de "the king's two bodies" était, on le sait, que la personne royale is "not only incapable doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong : he can never...to do an improper thing. . . in him is no folly or weakness" (Cf '. Kantorowicz, The King's two bodies, Introduction). Par contraste, Hobbes tire de sa...

...conscience, which Blackstone suggested in his Commentaries on the Laws of England. The king, he noted, "is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of...mean to do an improper thing; in him is no folly or weakness."78 Elizabeth alluded to the idea in her first speech when she attacked the common lawyers:...