War Prerogative
Subtitle: History, Reform, and Constitutional Design
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780199664320
Subjects: Constitutional law, great britain; Great britain, politics and government
Description: The war prerogative is the power of the Crown, exercised by the government, to declare war and deploy armed forces overseas. This book traces the theory and practice of the war prerogative in England from 1600 to the modern day and considers potential reform of the constitutional arrangements for its exercise.