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This chapter provides a discussion of British constitutional conventions, which the Royal Prerogative powers are as is the new Parliamentary Convention on authorising war. The chapter then analyses the way in which the Royal Prerogative became a political concern in the post-Cold War and the problem of legitimacy that was faced by post-Cold War British governments.
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McCormack, T. (2019). The Problem of the Royal Prerogative; Executive Authority in an Age of Decreasing Trust. In: Britain’s War Powers. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13682-6_2
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