The Crown stands at the heart of the New Zealand, British, Australian and Canadian constitutions as the ultimate source of legal authority and embodiment of state power. A familiar icon of the Westminster model of government, it is also an enigma. Even constitutional experts struggle to define its attributes and boundaries: who or what is the Crown and how is it embodied? Is it the Queen, the state, the government, a corporation sole or aggregate, a relic of feudal England, a metaphor, or a mask for the operation of executive power? How are its powers exercised? How have the Crowns of different Commonwealth countries developed? The Shapeshifting Crown combines legal and anthropological perspectives to provide novel insights into the Crown's changing nature and its multiple, ambiguous and contradictory meanings. It sheds new light onto the development of the state in postcolonial societies and constitutional monarchy as a cultural system.
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1. Introduction: a shapeshifting enigma: the Crown in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom Cris Shore; Part I. The Nature and Development of the Crown: 2. Genealogies of the modern Crown: from St Edward to Queen Elizabeth II David V. Williams; 3. The Crown as metonym for the state? The human face of Leviathan Cris Shore; 4. Indigenous peoples and the Crown: the sacred duty Sally Raudon; Part II. The Crown as an Embodied Entity: 5. The rituals of Crown and state in New Zealand Jai Patel; 6. Locating the Crown in Australia: the swag of Camp Gallipoli Sally Raudon; 7. Localising the Crown: Royals and (re)patriation Jai Patel and Sally Raudon; Part III. The Crown and Constitutional Reform: 8. The Republican move: cutting colonial ties Jai Patel; 9. Constitutional reform and the politics of public engagement Cris Shore and David V. Williams; 10. Crown prerogative: reining in the powers David V. Williams; 11. The Queen is dead, long live the King? Sally Raudon; 12. Conclusion: the future of the Crown in an age of uncertainty: sempiternal or crumbling foundation? Cris Shore, David V. Williams and Sally Raudon.
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'The Shapeshifting Crown is a careful, multilayered study of one the most important, but often neglected, institutions in Westminster states. Bringing together legal, political, and anthropological perspectives, this volume offers a rich understanding of the roles the Crown plays in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, while also bringing a critical view to bear of the history and future of Westminster monarchies. This work is essential reading for those seeking to appreciate the meanings and functions of the Crown today.' Philippe Lagassé, William and Jeanie Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa
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The Crown is the bedrock of Westminster-style democracies, yet its meanings, powers and effects are opaque and little understood.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781108496469
Publisert
2019-01-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
580 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288