The monarchy and the constitution:
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Main Author: Bogdanor, Vernon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon Press c1995
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-322) and index
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 -- - App. 1. Sovereigns since Henry VIII -- - App. 2. British prime ministers since 1782 -- - App. 3. Private secretaries since 1870 -- - App. 4. Member states of the Commonwealth, 1995 -- - App. 5. Some constitutional episodes involving the use of royal power since 1900
Vernon Bogdanor here argues the case for the monarchy, asserting what he sees as the positive role it plays in modern democratic politics. Ranging across law, politics & history, he argues that the monarchy sustains & strengthens democratic institutions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 328 p.)
ISBN:0191520896
0191598828
0198277695
9780191520891
9780191598821
9780198277699

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