The Shapeshifting Crown

Herausgeber: Shore, Cris; Williams, David V.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Crown, bedrock of the constitution and ultimate source of state power, is a legal fiction; ambiguous, enigmatic, poorly understood, yet politically expedient. This book combines anthropological and legal perspectives to unravel its shapeshifting nature and the work that it performs in postcolonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781108733854
• ISBN-10: 1108733859
• Artikelnr.: 60094741

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: a shapeshifting enigma: the Crown in Australia, Canada,
New Zealand and the United Kingdom Cris Shore; Part I. The Nature and
Development of the Crown: 2. Genealogies of the modern Crown: from St
Edward to Queen Elizabeth II David V. Williams; 3. The Crown as metonym for
the state? The human face of Leviathan Cris Shore; 4. Indigenous peoples
and the Crown: the sacred duty Sally Raudon; Part II. The Crown as an
Embodied Entity: 5. The rituals of Crown and state in New Zealand Jai
Patel; 6. Locating the Crown in Australia: the swag of Camp Gallipoli Sally
Raudon; 7. Localising the Crown: Royals and (re)patriation Jai Patel and
Sally Raudon; Part III. The Crown and Constitutional Reform: 8. The
Republican move: cutting colonial ties Jai Patel; 9. Constitutional reform
and the politics of public engagement Cris Shore and David V. Williams; 10.
Crown prerogative: reining in the powers David V. Williams; 11. The Queen
is dead, long live the King? Sally Raudon; 12. Conclusion: the future of
the Crown in an age of uncertainty: sempiternal or crumbling foundation?
Cris Shore, David V. Williams and Sally Raudon.