The Crown and Royal Prerogative

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Prerogative powers were developed so that the King could rule effectively and, in return, he owed obligations of __________ to his people.

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Payne argues that there are two distinct schools of thought as regards the royal prerogative. Please select the two schools of thought from the list below.

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Royal prerogative powers are based in the common law and so are not written down in codified form. Consequently it is not easy to say with certainty the exact limits of the power. However constitutional conventions have developed over time to regulate and place limits on the exercise of prerogative powers.

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There are two competing definitions of the royal prerogative, provided by Blackstone and Dicey. Please match the definition to the theorist.

'[The term] can only be applied to those rights and capacities which the king enjoys alone… and not to those which he enjoys in common with any of this subjects.'

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'The prerogative appears to be [that]… [e]very Act which the executive government can lawfully do without the authority of an Act of Parliament is done in virtue of his prerogative.'

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The relationship between the royal prerogative and Acts of Parliament may be explained with reference to some key principles. Please select all that apply from the options below.

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Prerogative powers fall into two broad categories - those that the monarch may exercise personally, and those that are delegated to the executive to be exercised on her behalf. Please select the prerogative powers that by constitutional convention the monarch may exercise personally.

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Feldman argues that the gap between the theory and practice of the Queen's exercise of personal prerogative power is great. The power is given free from restriction and yet it is restricted through the operation of a constitutional convention that is not a form of law, is thus not legally binding, and so cannot be enforced by the ______.

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Prerogative powers fall into two broad categories - those that the monarch may exercise personally, and those that have been delegated to the executive to be exercised on her behalf. Please select the categories of prerogative powers that the executive may exercise on behalf of the monarch.

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The case of Council for Civil Service Union v Minister for the Civil Service reinforced the rule that the exercise of the royal prerogative is never susceptible to legal challenge.

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There are two different types of Order in Council, and these are subject to different levels of parliamentary oversight. Please match the type of Order in Council to the relevant level of oversight.

Order in Council made under statutory powers.

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Order in Council made under royal prerogative powers

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