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What’s the point of constitutional monarchy?
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The article examines the point of constitutional monarchy as a form of leadership. It considers five functions of leadership and examines the extent to which constitutional monarchy fits these functions. It concludes the best argument for monarchy is found in the role of leader as exemplar, the capacity to act as prototypical group member. As such, the monarch exemplifies the values of state membership, acting as a point of reference and reassurance. Moreover, as the monarch can embody a range of differing conceptions of prototypicality, she can possess different meanings for different state members, providing a shared point of identification for those who would otherwise disagree. However, the mode of selection of the monarch is problematic, making it improbable officeholders will invariably possess the capacity to fulfil the role and bringing moral costs. In consequence, monarchy is a time-limited constitutional form, a transitional mode of leadership.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/ajj/auae019
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- American Journal of Jurisprudence More from this journal
- Volume:
- 69
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 189-204
- Publication date:
- 2024-11-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-07-09
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2049-6494
- ISSN:
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0065-8995
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English
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2013428
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pubs:2013428
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2024-07-10
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- Copyright holder:
- N W Barber
- Copyright date:
- 2024
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- © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of University of Notre Dame. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact [email protected]
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