The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the...
The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the...
The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK / edited by Cris Shore, David V. Williams.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2941
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A shapeshifting enigma: the crown in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom / Cris Shore -- Genealogies of the modern crown: From St Edward to Queen Elizabeth II / David V. Williams -- The crown as metonym for the state? The human face of leviathan / Cris Shore -- Indigenous peoples a...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"The Crown stands at the heart of the New Zealand, British, Australian and Canadian constitutions as the ultimate source of legal authority and embodiment of state power. A familiar icon of the Westminster model of government, it is also an enigma. Even constitutional experts struggle to define its attributes and boundaries: who or what is the Crow...
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The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK / edited by Cris Shore, David V. Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/2941
Record Identifier
74VKVB80dRqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB80dRqO
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ISBN
9781108496469
DDC
320.9171241
MMS ID
991024242108402626
