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The Invisible Crown : The First Principle of Canadian Government / David E. Smith.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, David E., 1936-2023, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monarchy--Canada.
- Monarchy.
- Monarchy--Great Britain.
- Heads of state--Canada.
- Heads of state.
- Executive power--Canada.
- Executive power.
- Canada--Politics and government.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Invisible Crown traces Canada's distinctive form of federalism, with highly autonomous provinces, to the Crown's influence. Smith concludes that the Crown has greatly affected the development of Canadian politics due to the country's societal, geographic, and economic conditions.
- Contents:
- The Monarchichal Idea
- The Crown
- Canadianizing the Crown
- Government of the Day
- The Culture of Administration
- The Crown-in-Parliament
- Law, Judiciary, and the Crown
- Compound Monarchy and Canadian Federalism
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)
- First edition published 1995; this edition, with new preface, 2013.
- ISBN:
- 9781442669147
- 1442669144
- 9781442669123
- 1442669128
- OCLC:
- 865475101
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