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Name: Course: Professor: Date: Royal Prerogative The Royal Prerogative can be referred to as special rights power and immunities in which the Crown is usually entitled to under the common law. The scope of who the crown is and the powers have been seen to change with time. It has been seen to change as the legal framework of the United Kingdom changes from absolute to constitutional monarchy. Initially the powers that were allocated within the Royal Prerogative only applied to the Crown or Monarch. However the powers and rights within the Royal Prerogative today also extend to ministers as well. This is because the prerogatives of the modern day are usually made by the Crown representatives and not the Queen directly since she has limited power. In the past the Royal Prerogative were known to have power and rights to deploy the armed forces overseas whenever there were issues For legitimate war democracy in an event that there was an emergency and the explanation to the parliament was not possible before the deployment of the British troops to overseas countries retrospective information should be provided to the parliament. Bibliography James Strong 'Why Parliament Now Decides On War: Tracing The Growth Of The Parliamentary Prerogative Through Syria Libya And Iraq' (2014) 17 The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 'House Of Lords Report On Waging War: Parliament’s Role And Responsibility' (2006) Volume I: Report 15th Report of Session 2005–06 <publications.parliament.uk accessed 18 January 2018 Teemu Häkkinen 'Challenging the Royal Prerogative: The Decision On War Against Iraq In Parliamentary Debates In 2002-3' (2016) 35 Parliamentary History. J. Kitchen 'Changing War: The British Army The Hundred Days Campaign And The Birth Of The Royal Air Force 1918. By Gary Sheffield And Peter Gray (Eds).' (2014) 26 Twentieth Century British History [...]
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[T]he exercise of the Royal prerogative by the Government to deploy armed force overseas is outdated and should not be allowed to continue as the basis for legitimate war-making in our 21st century democracy.’
Subject Area: Law
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