The Nature of the Crown: A Legal and Political Analysis [Hardcover]

Maurice Sunkin (Author), Sebastian Payne (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198262736 | ISBN-13: 978-0198262732 | Publication Date: August 26, 1999

This book explores the nature of the Crown in its legal and political context. Here, the term The Crown is being used, not as a direct reference to the Queen, but as a reference to the central power of the State which exercises legal and political authority. Since the Crown has not been the object of extensive literature with pride of place on constitutional law courses, this book aims to redress this state of affairs by drawing together essays that explore what the Crown is, or might be, and the critical issues relating to it.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`This study of 'the Crown' is major, accurate and exhaustive. It is a credit to the Oxford University Press. The leading academic constitutional lawyers of our time have each contributed to a chapter looking at the theory of 'the Crown' historically, philosophically and legally. Their collective learning is immense, and is deployed without pity.' Contemporary Review, January 2000

`This is a refreshing book, which grapples with basic priciples and presents a wide range of reflections about the nature of the Crown... will help to clarify our understanding of the place of the Crown in the modern system of government.' Colin Turpin, The Cambridge Law Journal

About the Author

Professor Maurice Sunkin is Professor of Law and Head of Department in the Faculty of Law at the University of Essex

Mr Sebastian Payne is Senior lecturer in law at the University of Westminster.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 26, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198262736
• ISBN-13: 978-0198262732
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,440,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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