TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twomey,Anne
TI  - The veiled sceptre: reserve powers of heads of state in Westminster systems 
T2  - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
SN  - 9781107056787
AV  - K3161 .T86 2018EBK
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Heads of state
KW  - Prime ministers
KW  - Comparative law
KW  - bicssc
KW  - fast
KW  - Constitutional conventions
KW  - United States
N2  - 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 Drawing on a vast range of previously unpublished archival and primary material, The Veiled Sceptre contains fresh perspectives on old controversies.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.--
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107297845
ER  -