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Tag Archives: Romanticism
The True Nature of Crown Prerogative and Responsible Government
When PhDs Don’t Understand Westminster Parliamentarism The debates in Westminster parliamentarism on the role of Crown-in-Parliament vs. the Crown-in-Council mostly result from legitimate differences of interpretation of Crown prerogative, such as between Dawson’s and Forsey’s respective schools of thought. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in Cabinet's Powers, Crown (Powers and Office), Prime Minister's Powers, Reaffirmation of, Responsible Government
Tagged Christian Nadeau, Eugene Forsey, Jim McGrath, Peter Hennessy, Peter Russell, political activism, Robert Macgregor Dawson, Romanticism, Royal Recommendation, Thomas Hockin
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Justin Trudeau Denies the Divisiveness of Politics
Strange Musings on Quebec’s Secession On Sunday, 12 February 2012, Justin Trudeau announced in a French-language interview that he would support the secession of Quebec in order to oppose and protect Quebec from the alleged right-wing policies of the Harper … Continue reading
Posted in Loyal Opposition
Tagged elected Senate, identity politics, Justin Trudeau, Romanticism
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The State of the Union Address and Loyal Opposition in the United States
The State of the Union Is The Equivalent of the Sovereign’s State Opening of Parliament “[The President of the United States] shall from time to time give the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their … Continue reading
Right-Wing Monarchists and Left-Wing Republicans: The Inevitable Partisan Politicization of the Crown in Canada?
Introduction Constitutional monarchies benefit from the separation between the Head of State and Head of Government: under responsible government, (what Paul Benoit considers “the doctrine of royal infallibility”[1]) Ministers of the Crown are responsible for acts of the Crown and … Continue reading
Posted in Monarchism v Republicanism
Tagged C.P. Champion, civic humanism, civic republicanism, determinism, identity politics, Janet Ajzenstat, liberal-constitutionalism, Nathan Cullen, Pat Martin, politicization, republican virtue, Romanticism, royal infallibility, teleology, Thomas Mulcair, Walter Bagehot
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Constitutional Scholarship or Political Activism? The Role of the Academy Following the Coalition-Prorogation Crisis of 2008
Introduction The line between academia and scholarship on the one hand and punditry and activism on the other has become increasingly blurred in Canada, especially in the wake of the coalition-prorogation crisis of December 2008. Recent works like Democratizing the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Crown (Powers and Office), Governor's Discretion, Reviews and Critiques
Tagged "abuse of power", "bad faith", 2011, Democratizing the Constitution, dissolution, efficient and dignified functions, Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, Letters Patent 1947, Lori Turnbull, Manual of Official Procedure of the Government of Canada, Mark Jarvis, Nicholas A. MacDonald, Patriation Reference, political activism, prorogation, Romanticism, s.41(a), Walter Bagehot
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