Britain’s War Powers The Fall and Rise of Executive Authority?

Britain’s War Powers The Fall and Rise of Executive Authority? / by Tara McCormack.

This book provides a state of the art discussion of the royal prerogative over war powers in the UK. This issue has received particular attention over proposed military strikes against the Syrian regime and it was claimed by many observers and scholars that parliament now controls decisions in war....

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Main Author: McCormack, Tara (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Security, International.
Peace.
International relations.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Chapter One: Introduction
  • 2. Chapter Two: The problem of the Royal Prerogative; executive authority in an age of decreasing trust
  • 3. Chapter Three: The rise of the Parliamentary Convention on authorising war; a done deal or an uncertain political agreement?
  • 4. Chapter Four: Syria and the Return of the Royal Prerogative?
  • 5. Chapter Five: British war powers in context and conclusion.

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