{"product_id":"the-crown-and-constitutional-reform-paperback","title":"The Crown and Constitutional Reform - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCris Shore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSally Raudon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid V. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Crown and Constitutional Reform is an innovative, interdisciplinary exchange between experts in law, anthropology and politics about the Crown, constitutional monarchy and the potential for constitutional reform in Commonwealth common law countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe constitutional foundation of many Commonwealth countries is the Crown, an icon of ultimate authority, at once familiar yet curiously enigmatic. Is it a conceptual placeholder for the state, a symbol of sovereignty or does its ambiguity make it a shapeshifter, a legal fiction that can be deployed as an expedient mask for executive power and convenient instrument for undermining democratic accountability? This volume offers a novel, interdisciplinary exchange: the contributors analyse how the Crown operates in the United Kingdom and the postcolonial settler societies of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In doing so, they examine fundamental theoretical questions about statehood, sovereignty, constitutionalism and postcolonial reconciliation. As Queen Elizabeth II's long reign approaches its end, questions about the Crown's future, its changing forms and meanings, the continuing value of constitutional monarchy and its potential for reform, gain fresh urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of \u003ci\u003eThe Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Cris Shore\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Social Anthropology and Head of Department, Goldsmiths University of London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSally Raudon\u003c\/strong\u003e is doctoral candidate in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Emeritus David V Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48704349995257,"sku":"9780367511692","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dft4PVz-qp9780367511692.webp?v=1784811895","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-crown-and-constitutional-reform-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}