Constitutional monarchy

origin”, which has caused Japan to often be called the land of the rising sun. Japan’s flag consists of a white background with an iconic red orb in the centre, which represents the sun from which its popular nickname is derived. Japan is a constitutional monarchy, where the monarch or emperor has very limited, if any, power. The current emperor of Japan, Akihito, acceded to the Chrysanthemum throne on the 7th of January, 1989. The first recorded emperor of Japan was known as Emperor Jimmu,…

Federalists vs Anti-Federalists After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the weak Articles of Confederation were replaced by the Constitution. It was turned over to the states for approval and for some it brought back fears and memories of King George, while for others it fixed the problems of the Articles of Confederation. Upon completion of it’s writing, a debate was started concerning ratification. Some people believed that the Constitution gave too much power to a central…

is a culmination of many factors, including ideas from renaissance philosophers, grievances against the king and England that lead to independence, and the failed government under The Articles of the Confederation. These factors along with the constitutional convention and ratification process molded and shaped our constitution and what is included in it to with stand 200 years…

Parliamentarians, people of Parliament, conclusively successed. As the war progressed through to 1652, King Charles I was executed, and Charles II was called to the crown (Hickman 1). Parliament’s triumph placed the nation on a route to parliamentary monarchy. Charles I, James I son, acted and therefore ruled the monarch immensely different than his father. A major personality difference between Charles and James was that…

parliamentary hearings on the appointment of Supreme Court justices was approved in 2006, yet in 2008, PM Harper refused to allow this process as a reversal to the older ways of Constitutional law in the 19th century. Therefore, the issue of a consolidation of power in the executive branch defines the ineptitude of PM Harper’s constitutional authority, but more so, it defines the powerlessness of the parliament to check and balance these aspects of monarchical power that work through the Prime…

Absolutism was a big part of Europe for a long period of time and so was enlightenment but that does not mean that they got along. Some philosophers like Hobbes were for absolutism and thought that is the best government for the people, but others thought the opposite and were against it. Locke, Voltaire, and Wollstonecraft were some of the philosophers that rejected the concept of absolutism and went against the absolute monarchs and their policies. Thomas Hobbes believed in absolutism, he…

in Germany. Churchill claimed that after World War I, wise policy would have ‘crowned and fortified the Weimar Republic with a constitutional sovereign in the person of an infant grandson of the Kaiser, under a Council of Regency.’ However, American prejudice against monarchy made it clear that Germany would be treated more kindly by the Allies as a republic than a monarchy. But in the Emperor’s place, the German people were left with a weak, unstable government imposed upon them by the…

Many countries in the past had a monarchy, this meant that those who had royal titles, such as nobles or religious leaders had the most money. And of course, there had to be a lower class which made up the majority. In France the lower class was called ‘the third estate’ but most nobles and higher ups referred to them as peasants. Over time, the peasants of France started to realize that while they were being heavily taxed and overworked, the noblemen and women were living luxurious lives due to…

All history seems to build on itself, and political history in Europe is no different. From the Renaissance and the birth of new monarchies, through the rise of absolutism, political ideas have evolved and changed. The year 1648 marked the start of a new political period in Europe, largely due to the rise of absolute rulers and the increased effects of mercantilism on politics, however, as like before, issues of religion continued to influence the government and politics, causing this turning…

constitutionalism. The change that the French revolution brought to Europe would lead to multiple and reformations and changes in government structures across Europe. Although at the time, many preserved their monarchies, the changes came through representative governments as opposed to absolute monarchies, and changes in mercantilism with the power shifting to private…