Modernising the Monarchy
The Oaths of Office
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10360327 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman Bonney (Edinburgh Napier University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 564-570 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3179 • E-ISSN: 1467-923X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2010.02124.x |
| OpenAlex | W2131206709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
According to laws deriving from the constitutional developments of the seventeenth century and earlier, a new monarch of the UK has to swear oaths that renounce Roman Catholicism and uphold protestantism in the UK, presbyterianism in Scotland and the privileged established status of the Church of England. If the next monarchical succession is to be as smooth as the governmental succession of 2010 these anachronistic oaths should be considered for abolition and the whole procedure should be reviewed. There remains then only one oath requiring to be administered at the coronation to which all can agree—to govern according to the law
Anachronism · Constitutional monarchy · Coronation · Monarchy · Oath · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |