The Shapeshifting Crown Locating the State in Postcolonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK
Book contents
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Statutes and Cases
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Nature and Development of the Crown
- Part II The Crown as an Embodied Entity
- Part III The Crown and Constitutional Reform
- 8 The Republican Move
- 9 Constitutional Reform and the Politics of Public Engagement
- 10 Crown Prerogative
- 11 The Queen Is Dead! Long Live the King?
- 12 Conclusion
- Index
- References
11 - The Queen Is Dead! Long Live the King?
from Part III - The Crown and Constitutional Reform
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2019
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Book contents
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- The Shapeshifting Crown
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Statutes and Cases
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Nature and Development of the Crown
- Part II The Crown as an Embodied Entity
- Part III The Crown and Constitutional Reform
- 8 The Republican Move
- 9 Constitutional Reform and the Politics of Public Engagement
- 10 Crown Prerogative
- 11 The Queen Is Dead! Long Live the King?
- 12 Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
Republicans often speculate and hope that the Queen’s death may trigger constitutional reform. Indeed, several Australian and New Zealand prime ministers have declared their republican sympathies along with their intention to delay any reform until after the Queen’s death. Government officials and lobbyists have made elaborate preparations for managing her inevitable death and what will follow, to achieve a peaceful and swift succession. Why is the death of one of the world’s most popular and respected figures so often considered the right time for constitutional reform? What are the technical and social barriers to reform that exist in each country? To answer these questions, I analyse the difficulties of making a new monarch, particularly the distance between legal formality and social recognition.
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- The Shapeshifting CrownLocating the State in Postcolonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK, pp. 224 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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