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Study On Royal Prerogative Of England During The Tudor Dynasty To The Hannover Dynasty

Posted on:2021-07-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2506306290995039Subject:Legal history
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The United Kingdom has the reputation of "the mother of modern constitution" and the first country to establish constitutional monarchy in the world.From the mighty Tudor Dynasty to the Hannover Dynasty after a series of ups and downs,such as the split of the state,the outbreak of civil war,the killing of blood,the birth of the Republic,the military dictatorship,the restoration of the Dynasty and the glorious revolution,The constitutional system of the United Kingdom has undergone tremendous changes.Parliament has become a powerful power in the three fields of legislation,judicature and administration.In contrast,the king who holds the source of all power has gradually retired to the backstage,becoming the nominal national embodiment.Its core lies in the huge royal prerogative that it once had been gradually eroded in the process of constitutional transformation.This article chooses England as the main body,taking royal prerogative as a clue,trying to clarify the essence and origin of the prerogative of the king to a certain extent,and sort out the changes of the prerogative of the king from the Tudor Dynasty to the Hannover Dynasty,and summarizes the characteristics and causes of the changes,so as to understand the evolution path of England’s constitutional system from the perspective of the king.And reexamine the function and status of the king in the constitutional framework.In the introduction part,this article concentrates on the purpose and significance of the topic and the research status at home and abroad.In the first chapter,with the core of "what is the royal prerogative",the concept and nature of the prerogative of king are preliminarily explored,and the possible connotation and attributes of the royal prerogative are discussed.The second chapter is about the source and restriction of the power that surrounds the royal prerogative.The legality of the royal prerogative is based on the concepts of God,law and Germanic law.The common law and parliament jointly limit the prerogative of the king.The third chapter mainly deals with the changes in the content of the royal prerogative in the Tudor Dynasty to the Hannover Dynasty from the three aspects of the king’s status,the king’s power and the king’s income.The fourth chapter is based on the third chapter,Summing up the exercise subjects and ways of exercising the prerogative of the king.In the fifth chapter,combing and summarizing the third chapter and the fourth chapter,the general characteristics of the change of prerogative and the reasons for internal changes are outlined.The sixth chapter analyzes the influence of the royal prerogative on the constitutional system of England,which is mainly reflected in the potential and actual functions of the royal family.In the concluding part,it gives a summary and presentation of the above contents,and looks at the changes in the prerogative of the king as a whole and the important position of the king in the constitutional system of England.
Keywords/Search Tags:Royal prerogative, England, Constitutionalism
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