Royal Law

The Coronation Service of King Charles III emphasizes the importance of Divine Law as the source of all our law and reminds the monarch and all those assembled in Westminster Abbey of a fundamental tenet of the British constitution. This principle has been compared to the Justinian precept, and the civil freedom we enjoy in Britain today stems from Bracton's words. The book also shows that there is government behind government, with institutions of medieval origin such as the monarchy, parliament, common law, jury system, church, universities, and armed forces.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 07 January 2019
Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd

The title of this book is taken from words addressed to the King or Queen during their coronation service, which the author points out plays a much more important part in the life of our nation than is generally recognized. It is not just an empty ceremony but the occasion when Divine Law is acknowledged as the source of all our law. The service reminds not only the monarch but all those assembled in Westminster Abbey (with television, the audience is worldwide) of a basic tenet of the British constitution, expressed by the 13th-century lawyer Bracton, that the King or Queen "must be under no man but under God and the law, for the law makes the king". The barons, in forcing King John to sign Magna Carta, were insisting that he observe this principle and his coronation oath. This principle has frequently been compared, down the ages, with the Justinian precept, "What pleases the prince has the force of law," which lies behind continental Roman law. The civil freedom we enjoy in Britain today stems from Bracton's words, which regulate all our public servants, from prime minister to police officer, and which have enabled us to give freedom under law to large parts of the world – whereas in Brussels, what pleases the Commissioners has the force of law. Writing after the Second World War, where Britain had been fighting to preserve the rule.

The book also shows that there is government behind government, with a greater purpose and permanence than the changing spectrum of party political strife. This government con.

Weight: 164g
Dimension: 149 x 211 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780856835278