The monarchy and the constitution / Vernon Bogdanor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogdanor, Vernon, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Great Britain.

Constitutional history.

Monarchy--Great Britain--History.

Monarchy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 328 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-98935-5

9786611989354

0-19-152089-6

OCLC:

344061919