The Nature of the Crown

• This book draws together a unique collection of essays written by experienced academics and practitioners on the role of the Crown in contemporary theory and practice
• Attempts to highlight and define the problematical and controversial nature of the Crown within the UK constitution
• Written to appeal to academics and practitioners from both the legal and political field
• Fills a long-standing gap in the market

Readership: Constitutional lawyers, political scientists and political think tanks. Also civil servants, historians and politicians.

Edited by Maurice Sunkin, Professor of Law, University of Essex, and Sebastian Payne, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster

"This study of 'the Crown' is major, accurate and exhaustive. It is a credit to the Oxford University Press. The leading academic constitutional lawyers of our time have each contributed to a chapter looking at the theory of 'the Crown' historically, philosophically and legally. Their collective learning is immense, and is deployed without pity." - Contemporary Review, January 2000

"This is a refreshing book, which grapples with basic priciples and presents a wide range of reflections about the nature of the Crown... will help to clarify our understanding of the place of the Crown in the modern system of government." - Colin Turpin, The Cambridge Law Journal

1: S. Payne & M. Sunkin: Introduction
2: W. Wade: The Crown, Ministers and Officials
3: M. Loughlin: The State, The Crown and the Law
4: S. Payne: The Royal Prerogative
5: M. Freedland: The Crown and the Changing Nature of Government
6: N. Walker: The Antinomies of the Law Officers
7: A. Tomkins: Crown Privileges
8: B. Hadfield: Judicial Review and the Prerogative Powers of the Crown
9: T. Cornford: Legal Remedies against the Crown and its Officers
10: P. Rowe: The Crown and Accountability for the Armed Forces
11: R.A. Watt: The Crown and its Employees
12: P. Craig: The Community, the Crown and the State
13: R. Brazier: Constitutional Reform and the Crown