Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from purely symbolic (crowned republic), to restricted (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative and judicial. A monarchy can be a polity through unity, personal union, vassalage or federation, and monarchs can carry various titles such as emperor, king, queen, raja, khan, caliph, tsar, sultan, or shah. In most cases, the succession of monarchies is hereditary, often building …
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UBC: UBC Press · 15 May 2024 English
Canada and Colonialism presents the history Canadians must reckon with before decolonization is possible, from the nation’s establishment as a settler colony to the discriminatory legacies still at work in …
ity of them do not want Canada to continue as a monarchy.13 It is correct that Canada was not an external …
UBC: UBC Press · 1 May 2024 English
Constitutions are meant to endure, providing both stability and adaptability. Their public legitimacy depends on the ability of the courts and other interpreters to get this balance right. Why, then, …
Can- ada’s link to monarchy. In his view, what distinguishes a constitutional monarchy from a republic … Thompson, “Canada, Secularity and a Constitutional Monarchy” (2005) 18:1 National J Constitutional L 1. See …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 March 2024 English
A fully updated edition of the first-ever primer on Canada’s Constitution — for anyone who wants to understand the supreme law of the land.The Canadian Constitution makes Canada’s Constitution readily …
vested in the Queen. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, which means that the Constitution “vests” or … hundreds of years of struggles and wars against the monarchy. These applied to Canada through the preamble …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024 English
The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …
because of our condominium link with the British monarchy was at the heart of progressive national assertion …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 7 March 2024 English
The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …
because of our condominium link with the British monarchy was at the heart of progressive national assertion …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 5 March 2024 English
the rise of Napoleon, the urban programs at the Brazilian Ministry of Cities, restoration of the monarchy, and three revolutions, Raquel Rolnik, describes the shift towards financial- there was one constant—Paris …
Brazilian Ministry of Cities, restoration of the monarchy, and three revolutions, Raquel Rolnik, describes …
Canadian Council for International Cooperation · 28 February 2024 English
Concur- rently, the world is witnessing the rise of the far right, a trend increasingly accompanied by the repression of rights and freedoms and the shrinking of civil society space. …
2021 led her country out from under the Brit- ish monarchy, are openly demanding fair and respectful international …
BCLI: British Columbia Law Institute · 8 February 2024 English
The Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of the Law Foundation and the Ministry for its work. [...] 18 Should the definition of “donor” in part 3 of the Family Law …
the state’s political organization, first as a monarchy,622 and later as one of the roles assigned to …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 February 2024 English
Through his thirty years in politics, Jason Kenney successfully shifted Canada’s political discourse to the right. To do so, he cultivated a burgeoning right-wing populist movement, of which he ultimately …
Roman Catholicism; his cultish devotion to the monarchy, which culminated in him bizarrely live- tweeting … for symbols of authority, such as the church and monarchy, which upholds the rigid class structure he sought … for the Crown. The stability represented by the monarchy “perfectly reflects the vision of Burkean conservatism … to tradition and authority symbolized by the monarchy and the Vatican no doubt informed Jason’s eventual …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 27 January 2024 English
Rediscovering, valuing, and embracing Indigenous spirituality and wisdom is critical for humanity to survive in the future. Civilization is a western, Eurocentric construct borne from a distrust of nature, a …
how Columbus and other explorers, the British monarchy, pioneers, and the Mounted Police brought order …
