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BL
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| Record Number
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688900
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b511089
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| Main Entry
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Bogdanor, Vernon,1943-
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| Title & Author
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The monarchy and the constitution /\ Vernon Bogdanor.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Clarendon Press ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1995.
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| Page. NO
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x, 328 p. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0198277695 (acid-free paper)
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: 9780198277699 (acid-free paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-322) and index.
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| Contents
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The evolution of constitutional monarchy -- The basic constitutional rules: the rules of succession -- The basic constitutional rules: influence and the prerogative -- The appointment of a prime minister -- Three constitutional crises -- Hung Parliaments and proportional representation -- The financing of the monarchy -- The sovereign's private secretary -- The sovereign and the church -- The sovereign and the commonwealth -- The future of constitutional monarchy -- Appendices. Sovereigns since Henry VIII ; British prime ministers since 1782 ; Private secretaries since 1870 ; Member states of the Commonwealth, 1995 ; Some constitutional episodes involving the use of royal power since 1900.
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Constitutional history-- Great Britain.
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Monarchy-- Great Britain-- History.
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| LC Classification
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JN331.B64 1995
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