Moosavian, R (2013) ‘Fountain of Honour’? The Role of the Crown in the Iraq War. Kings Law Journal, 24 (3). pp. 289-315. ISSN 0961-5768
Abstract
This article investigates the Crown within the British constitution and gauges its influence upon the decision to deploy troops in Iraq. It considers the functioning of parliamentary checks upon the Prime Ministerial war prerogative in the Iraq decision, specifically the parliamentary debate and vote on March 18, 2003. It identifies how the premiership’s colonisation of the Crown enabled Mr Blair to obtain parliamentary approval for warfare despite extensive opposition to the deployment. The appearance of strengthening parliamentary involvement in warfare decisions was largely undercut by, amongst other factors, a cluster of prime ministerial Crown-based prerogatives. Ultimately, the Iraq affair demonstrates that the Crown is not a quaint constitutional abstraction but has real influence on issues of the utmost importance. The notion of monarch remains a subtle but powerful influence in the British prime ministerial war power legally, structurally and culturally, and parliamentary checks in this context may be thus institutionally limited.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in King's Law Journal on 20 Nov 2013, available online: https://doi.org/10.5235/09615768.24.3.289 |
Keywords: | War prerogative; Prime Minister; Parliament; Constitutional convention; Iraq war |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2019 08:18 |
Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2019 08:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.5235/09615768.24.3.289 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136664 |