This book explores the nature of the Crown in its legal and political context. Here, the term The Crown is being used, not as a direct reference to the Queen, but as a reference to the central power of the State which exercises legal and political authority. Since the Crown has not been the object of extensive literature with pride of place on constitutional law courses, this book aims to redress this state of affairs by drawing together essays that explore what the Crown is, or might be, and the critical issues relating to it.

• 1: S. Payne and M. Sunkin: Introduction


• 2: W. Wade: The Crown, Ministers and Officials


• 3: M. Loughlin: The State, The Crown and the Law


• 4: S. Payne: The Royal Prerogative


• 5: M. Freedland: The Crown and the Changing Nature of Government


• 6: N. Walker: The Antinomies of the Law Officers


• 7: A. Tomkins: Crown Privileges


• 8: B. Hadfield: Judicial Review and the Prerogative Powers of the Crown


• 9: T. Cornford: Legal Remedies against the Crown and its Officers


• 10: P. Rowe: The Crown and Accountability for the Armed Forces


• 11: R.A. Watt: The Crown and its Employees


• 12: P. Craig: The Community, the Crown and the State


• 13: R. Brazier: Constitutional Reform and the Crown

Professor Maurice Sunkin is Professor of Law and Head of Department in the Faculty of Law at the University of Essex
Mr Sebastian Payne is Senior lecturer in law at the University of Westminster.