Cris Shore - The Crown and Constitutional Reform

The 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.

The constitutional foundation of many Commonwealth countries is the Crown, an icon of ultimate authority, at once familiar and yet curiously enigmatic. Is it a conceptual placeholder for the state, a symbol of sovereignty or a medieval anachronism, 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 novel, interdisciplinary perspectives: 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 IIs long reign approaches its end, questions about the Crowns future, its changing forms and meanings, the continuing value of constitutional monarchy and its potential for reform gain fresh urgency.

The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.

Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology and Head of Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Sally Raudon is a doctoral candidate in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, UK.

David V. Williams Professor Emeritus, is Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Edited by
Cris Shore, Sally Raudon and David V. Williams

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The following chapters were originally published in The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

The Crown as Proxy for the State? Opening up the Black Box of Constitutional Monarchy

Cris Shore

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 401416

From Bagehot to Brexit: The Monarchs Rights to be Consulted, to Encourage and to Warn

Anne Twomey

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 417428

Will New Zealand Inevitably Become a Republic, Just as Britain Will Be Blurred into Europe?

Jai Patel

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 429440

The Supreme Court and the Miller Case: More Reasons Why the UK Needs a Written Constitution

Sebastian Payne

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 441450

Royal Succession and the Constitutional Politics of the Canadian Crown, 19362013

Philippe Lagass

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 451462

Locating the Crown in Australian Social Life

Sally Raudon

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 463474

The Many Faces of the Crown and the Implications for the Future of the New Zealand Constitution

Janet McLean

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 475481

The Unsettledness of Treaty Claim Settlements

Margaret Kawharu

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 483492

The Crown: Is It Still White and English-Speaking?

Morgan Godfery

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 493506

From Loyal Dominion to New Republic: Which Realm Will Get There First?

David V. Williams

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 507522

When the Queen is Dead

Keith Locke

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 523524

The Queen is Dead! Long Live the President?

Matthew Hooton

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 525527

Reflections of the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand

Anand Satyanand

The Round Table, volume 107, issue 4 (August 2018) pp. 529531

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