The veiled sceptre : reserve powers of heads of state in Westminster systems /
Twomey, Anne
The veiled sceptre : reserve powers of heads of state in Westminster systems / Anne Twomey. - First published 2018 - 1 online resource (xxxv, 875 pages) ; - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law .
This book is a comprehensive review and analysis of the reserve powers and their exercise by heads of state in countries that have Westminster systems. It addresses the powers of the Queen in the United Kingdom, those of her vice-regal representatives, and those of heads of state in the less studied realms and former colonies that are now republics. Drawing on a vast range of previously unpublished archival and primary material, The Veiled Sceptre contains fresh perspectives on old controversies. It also reveals constitutional crises in small countries, which have escaped the notice of most scholars. This book places the exercises of reserve powers within the context of constitutional principle and analyses how heads of state should act when constitutional principles conflict.--
Anne Twomey is affiliated with University of Sydney.
9781107056787 1107056780
2017478367
Heads of state.
Prime ministers
Comparative law
Comparative law.
Comparative law.
Constitutional conventions.
Heads of state.
Prime ministers.
Constitutional conventions--United States
K3161 / .T86 2018EBK
The veiled sceptre : reserve powers of heads of state in Westminster systems / Anne Twomey. - First published 2018 - 1 online resource (xxxv, 875 pages) ; - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law .
This book is a comprehensive review and analysis of the reserve powers and their exercise by heads of state in countries that have Westminster systems. It addresses the powers of the Queen in the United Kingdom, those of her vice-regal representatives, and those of heads of state in the less studied realms and former colonies that are now republics. Drawing on a vast range of previously unpublished archival and primary material, The Veiled Sceptre contains fresh perspectives on old controversies. It also reveals constitutional crises in small countries, which have escaped the notice of most scholars. This book places the exercises of reserve powers within the context of constitutional principle and analyses how heads of state should act when constitutional principles conflict.--
Anne Twomey is affiliated with University of Sydney.
9781107056787 1107056780
2017478367
Heads of state.
Prime ministers
Comparative law
Comparative law.
Comparative law.
Constitutional conventions.
Heads of state.
Prime ministers.
Constitutional conventions--United States
K3161 / .T86 2018EBK
