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The Monarchy and the Constitution.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (341 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191520891
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Monarchy and the ConstitutionDDC classification:
  • 813.54
LOC classification:
  • JN331.B64 1995
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. The Evolution of Constitutional Monarchy -- 2. The Basic Constitutional Rules: The Rules of Succession -- 3. The Basic Constitutional Rules: Influence and the Prerogative -- 4. The Appointment of a Prime Minister -- 5. Three Constitutional Crises -- 6. Hung Parliaments and Proportional Representation -- 7. The Financing of the Monarchy -- 8. The Sovereign's Private Secretary -- 9. The Sovereign and the Church -- 10. The Sovereign and the Commonwealth -- 11. The Future of Constitutional Monarchy -- Appendices -- 1. Sovereigns since Henry VIII -- 2. British prime ministers since 1782 -- 3. Private secretaries since 1870 -- 4. Member states of the Commonwealth, 1995 -- 5. Some constitutional episodes involving the use of royal power since 1900 -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: An analysis of how constitutional monarchy functions in a modern democracy, showing how it serves to stabilize and sustain democratic government. The book offers reflections on the future of the monarchy, based firmly upon its history.
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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. The Evolution of Constitutional Monarchy -- 2. The Basic Constitutional Rules: The Rules of Succession -- 3. The Basic Constitutional Rules: Influence and the Prerogative -- 4. The Appointment of a Prime Minister -- 5. Three Constitutional Crises -- 6. Hung Parliaments and Proportional Representation -- 7. The Financing of the Monarchy -- 8. The Sovereign's Private Secretary -- 9. The Sovereign and the Church -- 10. The Sovereign and the Commonwealth -- 11. The Future of Constitutional Monarchy -- Appendices -- 1. Sovereigns since Henry VIII -- 2. British prime ministers since 1782 -- 3. Private secretaries since 1870 -- 4. Member states of the Commonwealth, 1995 -- 5. Some constitutional episodes involving the use of royal power since 1900 -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

An analysis of how constitutional monarchy functions in a modern democracy, showing how it serves to stabilize and sustain democratic government. The book offers reflections on the future of the monarchy, based firmly upon its history.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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