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The royal prerogative and Constitutional Law : a search for the quintessence of executive power / Noel Cox.

By: Cox, Noel, 1965- [author.]Series: Routledge research in legal historyPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367500795Subject(s): Prerogative, Royal -- Great Britain | Prerogative, Royal -- Commonwealth countriesAdditional physical formats: Online version:: The royal prerogative and constitutional law.DDC classification: 342/.1241062 LOC classification: KD4435 | .C69 2020
Contents:
The origins of the prerogative -- The nature of the prerogative -- The scope of the prerogative -- Classification of the prerogative -- The extension of the prerogative to the colonies -- Judicial review of the prerogative -- The prerogative and statute -- The prerogative and convention -- Curtailment of the prerogative.
Summary: "This book examines the royal prerogative in terms of its theory, history and application today. The work explores the development of the royal prerogative through the evolution of imperial government, and more recent structural changes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. While examining specific prerogative powers, the development of justiciability of the prerogative, and the exercise of the prerogative, it lays bare the heart of constitutionality in the Westminster system of government. There is said to be a black hole of unaccountable authority at the heart of the constitution and it is this which this book examines. The focus is upon the constitutional development of the United Kingdom and the old dominions of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This approach is comparative and historical, using specific case studies of such events as the dissolution of Parliament and the appointment and dismissal of Prime Ministers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of the prerogative -- The nature of the prerogative -- The scope of the prerogative -- Classification of the prerogative -- The extension of the prerogative to the colonies -- Judicial review of the prerogative -- The prerogative and statute -- The prerogative and convention -- Curtailment of the prerogative.

"This book examines the royal prerogative in terms of its theory, history and application today. The work explores the development of the royal prerogative through the evolution of imperial government, and more recent structural changes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. While examining specific prerogative powers, the development of justiciability of the prerogative, and the exercise of the prerogative, it lays bare the heart of constitutionality in the Westminster system of government. There is said to be a black hole of unaccountable authority at the heart of the constitution and it is this which this book examines. The focus is upon the constitutional development of the United Kingdom and the old dominions of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This approach is comparative and historical, using specific case studies of such events as the dissolution of Parliament and the appointment and dismissal of Prime Ministers"-- Provided by publisher.