''A Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown'' (full title: ''A Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown; and the Relative Duties and Rights of the Subject'') is an 1820 legal text by
Joseph Chitty
Joseph Chitty (12 March 1776 – 17 February 1841) was an English lawyer and legal writer, author of some of the earliest practitioners' texts and founder of an important dynasty of lawyers.
Life and practice
He was himself the son of a Joseph Ch ...
. The text provides the most comprehensive list of royal
prerogative powers
The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign and which have become widely vested in the ...
in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
.
References
External links
*https://archive.org/details/atreatiseonlawp00chitgoog
Law of the United Kingdom
1820 non-fiction books
Constitutional laws of the United Kingdom
1820 in British law
Royal prerogative
Treatises
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