The Crown And Constitutional Reform

Author : Cris Shore,Sally Raudon,David V Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000169188

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The Crown and Constitutional Reform by Cris Shore,Sally Raudon,David V Williams Pdf

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.

Author : Constitutional Reform Association (Toronto)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018550698

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Address of the Constitutional Reform Association to the People of Upper Canada by Constitutional Reform Association (Toronto) Pdf

Author : Kirk Peter Meighoo,Peter A. Jamadar
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9789766373375

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Democracy and Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago by Kirk Peter Meighoo,Peter A. Jamadar Pdf

"The countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean are all self-governing, determining their own futures. But some 40 years after gaining independence from Britain, the question remains whether these countries are truly democratic and whether the parliamentary and electoral systems adopted, are well suited to the Caribbean experience. Meighoo and Jamadar answer these questions in the negative. A true democracy, they argue, is one where the Legislature has the authority and the strength to make the Executive effectively accountable and responsible to it and where the electoral system results in the true practical separation of the Legislature and the Executive. Using Trinidad and Tobago as the model, Democracy and Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago offers an overview of the constitutional reform process in the Commonwealth Caribbean. In these young, postcolonial democracies, where party politics have had a negative impact on the process of democratic reform, the authors review the historical, political and cultural motivations that have spawned the most recent debates on constitutional reform; and more particularly on the proposals for parliamentary and electoral reform. The book concludes with a review of past proposals and recommendations, and puts forward the authors' own suggestions for reform. At a time when most of the Commonwealth Caribbean is undergoing a process of constitutional debate and change, this book makes a valuable contribution to the discussion and provides a basis for the informed citizen, student or pundit to judge the process of reform. "

Author : Emmett Macfarlane
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442628731

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Constitutional Amendment in Canada by Emmett Macfarlane Pdf

Constitutional Amendment in Canada is the first volume to focus solely on the implications of the amending formula in Canada.

Author : Constitutional Reform Association of Upper Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Constitutions
ISBN : HARVARD:HL3WK5

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Address of the Constitutional Reform Association to the People of Upper Canada by Constitutional Reform Association of Upper Canada Pdf

Author : Simeon C. R. McIntosh
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 9768167289

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Caribbean Constitutional Reform by Simeon C. R. McIntosh Pdf

"This is the first book to be written on Caribbean constitutional theory. In the continuing discourse and emergent project of constitutional reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean, it examines the origins of the Independence Constitutions across the Commonwealth Caribbean and traces the region's constitutional development from the time of the emancipation of slavery through to independence. At its core is the premise that constitutional reform must necessarily result in a redefining of West Indian political identity. The theme throughout the book is the fact that the written constitutions of the Caribbean all have their origin in the British Parliament and the unwritten English constitution that has evolved over centuries. The existing constitutions were all the result of the collaborative efforts of the region's political elite and British officials, with no participation from the West Indian people. The Crown is still claimed and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final appellate court. In the result, political independence has simply meant that the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean are independent subjects of the Crown rather than colonial subjects. The book begins with the process of 'lawful devolution of sovereignty' and the origins of the sovereign states of the Commonwealth Caribbean and proceeds to address the theoretical issues of founding and amendability as well as such pressing issues about the relationship between a prime minister and a head of state in a parliamentary republic and electoral reform. An entire chapter is devoted to the Bill of Rights and addresses the fundamental rights and freedoms preserved in Caribbean Bills of Rights as well as the controversial and paradoxical Savings Clauses, which in and of themselves might justify the rewriting of the fundamental rights provisions of Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutions. Caribbean Constitutional Reform offers a philosophical justification for the establishment of a Caribbean Supreme Court based on the idea of sovereignty and the right of a people to define themselves. This work makes the first definitive step to addressing these critical issues in Caribbean constitutional theory and sets the stage for a 'new constitutional discourse' shaped by a Caribbean court of final appeal. "

Author : Richard Holme,Michael Elliott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349195435

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Time for a New Constitutional Change by Richard Holme,Michael Elliott Pdf

A group of essays, many given at the annual Scarman seminar run by the Constitutional Reform Centre in 1987-88, and now published to coincide with the tercentenary of the Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights, re-examining the principles and practice of the constitution since 1688.

Author : David E. Smith,Christopher McCreery,Jonathan Shanks
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487540784

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Canada’s Deep Crown by David E. Smith,Christopher McCreery,Jonathan Shanks Pdf

The Crown in Canada has had a profound influence in shaping a country and a constitution that embraces the promotion of political moderation, societal accommodation, adaptable constitutional structures, and pluralistic governing practices. While none of these features themselves originated through legislative or constitutional action, David E. Smith, Christopher McCreery, and Jonathan Shanks propose that all reflect the presence and actions of the Crown. Examining how a constitutional monarchy functions, Canada’s Deep Crown discusses how the legal and institutional abstractions of the Crown vary depending on the circumstances and the context in which it is found. The Crown presents differently depending on who is observing it, who is representing it, and what role it is performing. With a focus on the changes that have taken place over the last fifty years, this book addresses the role of the Crown in dispersing power throughout Canada’s system of government, the function the sovereign, governor general, and lieutenant governors play, and how the demise of the Crown and transition to a new sovereign is likely to unfold.

Author : James Murdoch
Publisher : Glasgow : Blackie 1885.
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : UOM:39015005343580

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A History of Constitutional Reform in Great Britain and Ireland by James Murdoch Pdf

Author : William Reynell Anson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:895479226

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The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:945110344

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Crown and Parliament by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Connors,John M. Law,University of Alberta. Centre for Constitutional Studies
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888644572

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Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework by Richard Connors,John M. Law,University of Alberta. Centre for Constitutional Studies Pdf

Forging Alberta’s Constitutional Framework analyzes the principal events and processes that precipitated the emergence and formation of the law and legal culture of Alberta from the foundation of the Hudson’s Bay in 1670 until the eve of the centenary of the Province in 2005. The formation of Alberta’s constitution and legal institutions was by no means a simple process by which English and Canadian law was imposed upon a receptive and passive population. Challenges to authority, latent lawlessness, interaction between indigenous and settler societies, periods (pre- and post-1905) of jurisdictional confusion, and demands for individual, group, and provincial rights and recognitions are as much part of Alberta’s legal history as the heroic and mythic images of an emergent and orderly Canadian west patrolled from the outset by red coated mounted police and peopled by peaceful and law-abiding subjects of the Crown. Papers focus on the development of criminal law in the Canadian west in the nineteenth century; the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement of 1930; the National Energy Program of the 1980s; Federal-Provincial relations; and the role and responsibilities of the offices of Justices of the Peace and of the Lieutenant-Governor; and the legacies of the Lougheed and Klein governments.

Author : Rodney Brazier
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015047064251

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Constitutional Reform by Rodney Brazier Pdf

This book examines the current debate about constitutional reform. Included in this new edition is a chapter on the Labour Government's plans to reform the system of government.

Author : Christopher Vincenzi
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040153176

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Crown Powers, Subjects and Citizens by Christopher Vincenzi Pdf

In the growing debate about constitutional reform and the future of the monarchy in Britain, little consideration has hitherto been given to the immense powers exercised in the Queen's name by ministers under the royal prerogative. Crucial decisions are made under the prerogative in relation to defence, foreign policy, immigration, the secret services and the management of the Civil Service without prior Parliamentary approval, adequate political accountability or effective judicial review. On the basis of the prerogative, ministers withhold passports, override statutes and legislate in the Council of Ministers of the European Community. This book examines the historical development and the legal and political scope of prerogative powers and Crown immunities as they affect the exercise of rights by citizens and non-citizens. It traces the changing relationship between individual and state, from subjecthood and allegiance to the Crown in a secretive state, to a participating legal and political citizenship in an open society and a widening British and European context. It addresses issues of key importance in the current constitutional debate about political and legal accountability, citizenship and human rights, and contributes to the debate about the future of the British monarchy and its remaining constitutional functions.

Author : Nigel Forman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134581733

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Constitutional Change in the UK by Nigel Forman Pdf

The years since New Labour came to power in 1997 have seen changes to the British institutions of political power on an unprecedented scale. The reforms have been widespread, ranging from devolution of power in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to the reform of the House of Lords and the changing role of the Monarchy. This book is the first to examine these changes collectively and in detail, placing each in its historical context, analysing problems, solutions and what the future holds for this ambitious period of reforms. The book is comprehensive in coverage, and accessibly written. As such it should be the ideal resource for undergraduate students of British Politics seeking to make sense of this complex subject.