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THE APPLICATION OF LEGAL MAXIM KING CAN DO NO WRONG IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF UK AMP USA AN ANALYTICAL STUDY

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).01      10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).01      Published : Jun 2020

The Application of Legal Maxim "King Can Do No Wrong" In the Constitutional Law of UK & USA: An Analytical Study

Abstract

    The legal maxim "King can do no wrong" was in full force in the English constitutional law ever since the emergence of British Empire. The doctrine provided absolute immunity to the Crown. The king started losing his absolute prerogatives, in centuries long battle for power among the Crown and lord businessmen, which eventually resulted in the concept of liable government in the UK in the shape of the crown proceedings act 1947. On the contrary the US constitutional law is silent about the presidential immunity, following the maxim "no one, even the government is above the law". However, the US Supreme Court is expanding the application of this doctrine by granting the immunity to the president in cases where his act falls within the constitutionally assigned duties along with negating it in cases where the act of president falls outside the outer perimeters of his constitutionally assigned duties.

    Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Presidential Immunity, King can do no Wrong, Rex Non Potest Peccare.

    (1) Salman Farooq
    PhD Scholar, Faculty of Shariah and Law, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Musab Yousufi
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Riphah International University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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