Citations:Princeps legibus solutus est


 * 1994, Juliet Vale (translator), (author), A History of France II: The Royal French State: Louis XI–Henri IV, 1460–1610, Basil Blackwell Ltd, ISBN 0631170278, “Introduction: Classic Monarchy”, page 5:
 * And if the maxim, ‘the Prince is not bound by laws’ (Princeps legibus solutus est) was applied, this was less to submit the subjects to the arbitrary will of a single ruler than to affirm the sovereign’s right to enact the legislation necessary to meet day-to-day needs (which changed as a result of even small-scale social change), in the face of the extreme conservatism of the Parlements.