Marie-France Fortin

@RichardAlbert @AntoniaBaraggia @BerihunGebeye @Con_Law_Masa @VirginieKuoch01 @pelusoemilio @OlaizJaime @MarietaSafta @OUPLaw @hartpublishing @SpringerLaw @yalepress @Elgar_Law @stanfordpress @routledgebooks @RoutledgeLaw @Ed_CavalierBleu @SpringerNature I am truly honoured to find myself in such excellent company, it feels like a major win to me to see my name on that list. Congratulations to all!

🎉 The 2024 Book of the Year prize, to be awarded by the IFFC. 🗳️ Voting opens on Monday, January 13. Congrats to all 16 nominees, selected by members of the Expert Council: @AntoniaBaraggia @BerihunGebeye @Con_Law_Masa @VirginieKuoch01 @pelusoemilio @OlaizJaime @MarietaSafta

@RichardAlbert @OUPLaw @uocommonlaw @DrCiviluOttawa @LibraryParlCA @uOttawaBiblio @CarletonLibrary @McGillLawLib @OsgoodeLawLib @UBCLawLib @UCalgaryLibrary @QueensULibrary Thank you very much Richard! Choosing the cover was (almost!) as challenging — and enjoyable — as writing the book. As Peter Oliver wisely said of his excellent The Constitution of Independence, please feel free to judge this book by its cover 😊

🤩 A truly beautiful cover on this new book by @MFranceFort: "The King Can Do No Wrong," a study of crown liability from doctrinal, historical, and comparative perspectives. Now available for pre-order @OUPLaw. Details: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

📣Marie-France Fortin's @MFranceFort *The King Can Do No Wrong: Constitutional Fundamentals, Common Law History, and Crown Liability* @OUPLaw UK out now; US preorders global.oup.com/academic/produ…

@MattHar65517869 Thank you very much indeed Matt! I'm hopeful that one "can't go wrong" with reading the intro.

TLDR, or not interested in constitutional history: skip to Chapter 5 for a more mainstream public law scholarship on crown liability. Chapter 6 compares American, Irish, and Australian constitutional thought on state liability, sovereign immunity, and liability at common law.

As I explain in the intro, Chapter 1 explores the various meanings behind the king can do no wrong, Chapter 2 covers the Middle Ages, Chapter 3 the constitutional struggles of the 17th century, and Chapter 4 features the usual suspects (eg Blackstone and Dicey) and others.

An earlier version of my introduction to The King Can Do No Wrong is now available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Thanks to @OUPLaw and @B_Stone for granting permission to release the teaser!

@RobertCraig3 Thank you very much: I hope this book lives up to its cover!

This looks superb.

@UCNPProject I’m very happy to contribute to the team’s efforts to better understand unwritten constitutional norms! After all, Dicey conceived of the king can do no wrong as a “law of the Constitution”. Just adding fuel to the unwritten principles (and Canada’s s.96?) fire 🔥

Congratulations to our team member @MFranceFort on the publication of her book, The King Can Do No Wrong: Constitutional Fundamentals, Common Law History, and Crown Liability! 🎉

@HPMHall Thank you very much! I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed reading your new book on comparative constitutional culture!

Congratulations! I am really excited to read this!

@RGrenierBenoit Merci beaucoup!! Et merci à toi de m’avoir permis de le présenter en partie en primeur “at the other place”!

@MFranceFort Un immense bravo!!!

Je suis très heureuse d'annoncer que OUP a déjà publié en ligne mon livre sur la responsabilité de l'État, The King Can Do No Wrong: Constitutional Fundamentals, Common Law History, and Crown Liability. Version papier à suivre cet été! academic.oup.com/book/56372

@NickEburne Merci beaucoup Nick, maintenant je dois me remettre à l’autre projet sur lequel nous travaillions!

@MFranceFort Quel accomplissement! Félicitations - bien hate de commander ma copie

@AJBraden Merci beaucoup! Hope you’ll enjoy reading it!

@MFranceFort Félicitations! Can't wait to check it out!

Very happy to announce that OUP has published online my book on state liability, The King Can Do No Wrong: Constitutional Fundamentals, Common Law History, and Crown Liability. Print version to follow this summer! academic.oup.com/book/56372

@vanessa_macd There’s nothing like sharing the joy of working on a book project with wonderful, inspiring and generous colleagues! Thank you for your support Vanessa!

So exciting to see this magisterial project out in the world! Warm congratulations @MFranceFort 🎉

@hanruzhou You are too kind Han-Ru! I am only honoured to keep following in your footsteps. (And I thank you again for your insightful comments on my earlier draft, I hope you’ll enjoy reading my discussion of Edward Coke)!

This may well be the definitive study on Crown liability. Very impressive work. Congrats @MFranceFort

Next UCL Public Law Group event on Wed, 17 January 2024, 14:00-15:30, Prof Vaness MacDonell (Ottawa) on the executive's constitution, with comments from Ewan Smith, Colm O'Cinneide and myself. Hybrid: The Executive’s Constitution | UCL Faculty of Laws ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

My new paper in @EHRLR_Editor arguing that the essence of fundamental rights idea in EU law should be abandoned. The approach of UK courts to the essence concept is to be preferred. Paper comes out of a great workshop organised by @seana_g at @UCDLawSchool last year.

If you are finishing/recently completed a PhD and interested in working on my new project re international legal expertise and management, apply, share, get in touch. Exciting times ahead: academictransfer.com/en/332792/post…