| Description |
1 online resource (x, 328 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-322) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Evolution of Constitutional Monarchy -- 2. Basic Constitutional Rules: The Rules of Succession -- 3. Basic Constitutional Rules: Influence and the Prerogative -- 4. Appointment of a Prime Minister -- 5. Three Constitutional Crises -- 6. Hung Parliaments and Proportional Representation -- 7. Financing of the Monarchy -- 8. Sovereign's Private Secretary -- 9. Sovereign and the Church -- 10. Sovereign and the Commonwealth -- 11. 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History.
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Monarchy. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Constitutional history -- Great Britain.
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Constitutional history. |
| Indexed Term |
Monarchy |
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Great Britain |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Constitutional history -- Great Britain.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bogdanor, Vernon, 1943- Monarchy and the constitution. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©1995 0198277695 9780198277699 (DLC) 95000634 (OCoLC)32780513 |
| ISBN |
9780191520891 (electronic book) |
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0191520896 (electronic book) |
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9780191598821 (ebook) |
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0191598828 (ebook) |
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0198277695 0198293348 9780198293347 |
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9780198277699 (acid-free paper) |
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