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 Constitutional monarchy
Modern constitutional monarchies usually implement the concept of trias politica, and have the monarch as the (symbolic) head of the executive branch.
There have been monarchies which have coexisted with constitutions which were fascist (or quasi-fascist), as was the case in Italy, Japan and Spain, or those in which the government is run as a military dictatorship, as was the case in Thailand.
The concept of constitutional monarchy owes its origin to the absolute monarchies of the later Middle Ages, where governmental authority was exercised by the monarch and his (or in rare occasions her) government.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Constitutional_monarchy.html   (1608 words)

  
 Constitutional monarchy Article, Constitutionalmonarchy Information
Today, constitutional monarchy is almost always combined with representative democracy, and represents a compromise between theories of sovereignty which placesovereignty in the hands of the people, and those that see a role for tradition in the theory of government.
The concept of constitutional monarchy owes its origin to the absolute monarchies of the later Middle Ages, wheregovernmental authority was exercised by the monarch and his (or in rare occasions her) government.
In a constitutional monarchy the post of the head of state is usuallypassed (by some form of primogeniture) within a royal family.
www.anoca.org /monarch/queen/constitutional_monarchy.html   (1830 words)

  
 Constitutional monarchy - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Like most republics, the constitutional monarchies executive authority is vested in the head of state.
It is today almost always combined with representative democracy, and represents (as a theory of civics) a compromise between total trust in the electorate, and in well-bred and well-trained monarchs raised for the role from birth.
Most modern constitutional monarchies owe their origins to systems in which the monarch not merely reigned but governed, for instance according to the theories of Absolute Monarchy which from the renaissance succeeded more aristocratic systems.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Constitutional_monarchy   (1713 words)

  
 Early Australian Republicans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Constitutional amendment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In referenda to amend the constitutions of Australia and Switzerland it is required that a proposal be endorsed not just by an overall majority of the electorate in the nation as a whole, but also by separate majorities in each of a majority of the states or cantons.
In addition, if an Australian referendum specifically impacts one or more states then a majority of the electorate in each of those states must also endorse the proposal.
In practice many jurisdictions combine elements of more than one of the usual amendment procedures.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Constitutional_amendment   (1306 words)

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