and this :
Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et sub lege, quia lex facit regem.

nixknamwnick,
That all sounds warm'n fozzy but reality dictates differently. Kings don't worry me, its the over-educated, under-comprehending BA holders that are the root of so many problems in today's society. They've become like an Army fighting anything that is sane !

Nick,

"Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et sub lege, quia lex facit regem."

Well, not these days, or since democratic principles - sanctioned by the law and Parliaments - limited the power of a monarch. That quote sounds like it came from Charles I - his Divine Right of Kings stuff - and he didn't do too well out of that.

Joe

Peter Dutton is a BA of Business and he passed the law. Ned Kelly didn't and deported himself unlawfully.
The monarch is under the law , whether he's King John, Jo Bjelke- Petersen or King Charles III of Gum Trees and Bandicoots.

I did four years of Latin, but I haven't a clue what Joe and nick said. Old age and matching memory I guess.

Ttbn,

I think it means "A king does not owe his crown to the people, but to God and the law, and it's the law which makes a king." And vice versa, back in those days.

Handy for absolute monarchs but a bit out of date. Leave that sort of thing to Xi Jinping or Putin. Or revolutionary socialists like Kim Jong Un.

Joe