Ograniczenie zasięgu prerogatywy monarszej w Anglii w XVII i XVIII wieku i rola tego procesu w kształtowaniu nowoczesnego ustroju brytyjskiego

Kazimierz Baran

doi:10.31261/ZDP.2020.20.08

Published: 2020-07-09

Vol. 13 (2020)

Reduction of the scope of royal prerogative in England in the 17th and 18th centuries and the role of this process in shaping the modern British system

Kazimierz Baran

Section: Rozprawy i artykuły

https://doi.org/10.31261/ZDP.2020.20.08

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The author shows how in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the prerogative of the English monarch was, in its various strands, superseded by the ever-increasing ambitions of the Parliament to become the sovereign in charge of the nation. The areas of conflict between the Crown and the Parliament over royal prerogative discussed by the author include, i.a., the law creation process, with the emerging points of contention (pressure on the monarch not to refuse sanctions on bills passed by the chambers, the issues of suspension and dispensation, etc.). The author also devotes attention to Parliament's continuing attempts to influence the shape of the royal ministry. In this area, the chambers did not hesitate to act per fas per nefas, holding royal ministers (e.g. Strafford or Danby) accountable by impeachment, actually bringing political rather than criminal charges against them. The author also discusses areas where the monarch too easily gave up his prerogative powers (e.g. with regard to verifying the correctness of the election of MPs to the Commons).

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English system, royal prerogative, conflict between the monarch and the parliament (17th—18th century)

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Baran, K. (2020). Reduction of the scope of royal prerogative in England in the 17th and 18th centuries and the role of this process in shaping the modern British system. Z Dziejów Prawa, 13, 87—109. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZDP.2020.20.08

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