The Crown and Constitutional Reform

Cris Shore (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 036751169X / ISBN 13: 9780367511692

Published by Routledge, 2024

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The Crown and Constitutional Reform | Cris Shore (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Routledge | EAN 9780367511692 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, 80331 München, gpsr[at]taylorandfrancis[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Crown and Constitutional Reform
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 036751169X
• ISBN 13: 9780367511692
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 174H x 9D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 288 grams
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Synopsis

The Crown and Constitutional Reform is an innovative, interdisciplinary exchange between experts in law, anthropology and politics about the Crown, constitutional monarchy and the potential for constitutional reform in Commonwealth common law countries.

The constitutional foundation of many Commonwealth countries is the Crown, an icon of ultimate authority, at once familiar yet curiously enigmatic. Is it a conceptual placeholder for the state, a symbol of sovereignty or does its ambiguity make it a shapeshifter, a legal fiction that can be deployed as an expedient mask for executive power and convenient instrument for undermining democratic accountability? This volume offers a novel, interdisciplinary exchange: the contributors analyse how the Crown operates in the United Kingdom and the postcolonial settler societies of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In doing so, they examine fundamental theoretical questions about statehood, sovereignty, constitutionalism and postcolonial reconciliation. As Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign approaches its end, questions about the Crown’s future, its changing forms and meanings, the continuing value of constitutional monarchy and its potential for reform, gain fresh urgency.

The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.

About the Author

Professor Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology and Head of Department, Goldsmiths University of London, UK.

Sally Raudon is doctoral candidate in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Professor Emeritus David V Williams is Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.