Table of Contents

1. Prerogative and reserve powers; 2. Advice to and from the head of state; 3. Appointment of the chief minister; 4. Dismissal of governments; 5. Dissolution; 6. Caretaker conventions; 7. Summoning parliament; 8. Prorogation; 9. Royal assent; 10. The rejection of advice to act illegally or unconstitutionally; 11. Appointment and dismissal of vice-regal officers.

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A comprehensive review and analysis of the exercise of the reserve power in countries that have Westminster systems.

About the Author

Anne Twomey is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has previously worked for the High Court of Australia, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee and the Cabinet Office of New South Wales. She continues to advise governments, intergovernmental bodies and vice-regal representatives about constitutional matters, particularly in the fields of federalism, executive power and the Crown.