Canada and the Crown : essays on constitutional monarchy / / edited by D. Michael Jackson and Philippe Lagassé

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827645303321
• Autore: Jackson D. Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, [Quebećbec] : , : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-55339-205-1; 1-55339-206-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Collana: Queen's Policy Studies Series
• Disciplina: 320.471
• Soggetti: Constitutional history - Canada; Monarchy - Canada; Federal government - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes revised papers from the Crown in Canada Conferences.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Pt. 1. Canadian Encounters with the Crown. Royalty at Rideau Hall : Lord Lorne, Princess Louise, and the Emergence of the Canadian Crown / Carolyn Harris -- La Couronne au Quebec : de credo rassurant a bouc emissaire commode / Serge Joyal -- Commentaire : la Couronne au Quebec, de credo rassurant a bouc emissaire commode / Linda Cardinal -- Crown and the Media / John Fraser -- Educating Canadians on the Crown -- A Diamond Jubilee Challenge / Peter H. Russell --; Pt. 2. Crown and Constitution. Crown in Canada Today : How Dignified? How Efficient? / David E. Smith -- Commentary : "Inefficient Efficiency": The Use of Vice-Regal Reserve Powers / Robert E. Hawkins -- Law of Succession and the Canadian Crown / Ian Holloway -- Case for the Republican Option / John D. Whyte --; Pt. 3. Crown in Practice . Provincial Crown : The Lieutenant Governor's Expanding Role / Christopher McCreery -- Speech from the Throne and the Dignity of the Crown / Richard Berthelsen -- Cabinet Manuals and the Crown / Nicholas A. MacDonald -- Confidant and Chief of Staff : The Governor's Secretary / Christopher McCreery -- Crown Prerogative Decisions to Deploy the Canadian Forces Internationally : A Fitting Mechanism for a Liberal Democracy / Alexander Bolt --; Pt. 4. First Nations and the Crown. "Recollecting Sovereignty": First Nations -- Crown Alliance and the Legacy of the War of 1812 / Stephanie Danyluk -- Aboriginal Peoples and the Crown / J. R. (Jim) Miller.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on papers given at a Diamond Jubilee conference on the Crown held in Regina in 2012, this title assesses the historical and contemporary importance of constitutional monarchy in Canada.