The United Kingdom and Imperial federation, 1900 to 1939: a precedent for British legal relations with the European Union?
Imperial federation was a movement in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that sought to turn the British Empire into a global federal state. It focused on the self-governing parts of the Empire that included the United Kingdom and the Dominions of Canada, Australia, South Africa, New...
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ftunivcolldublin:oai:researchrepository.ucd.ie:10197/10559 2023-05-15T17:22:30+02:00 The United Kingdom and Imperial federation, 1900 to 1939: a precedent for British legal relations with the European Union? Mohr, Thomas 2019-05-21T08:18:33Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/10559 https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677X.2016.1243903 en eng Taylor & Francis Comparative Legal History 2049-677X http://hdl.handle.net/10197/10559 4 2 131 161 doi:10.1080/2049677X.2016.1243903 This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Comparative Legal History on 15 November 20146, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/2049677X.2016.1243903 Imperial federation United Kingdom Commonwealth Imperial law Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Journal Article 2019 ftunivcolldublin https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677X.2016.1243903 2022-04-08T14:19:30Z Imperial federation was a movement in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that sought to turn the British Empire into a global federal state. It focused on the self-governing parts of the Empire that included the United Kingdom and the Dominions of Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland. The unofficial motto of the Imperial federalists was ‘federate or disintegrate’. Many argue that the European Union of today is facing a similar choice. This article will examine Imperial federalist proposals for constitutional reform in the legislative, executive and judicial spheres. It might be expected that the main centres of opposition to Imperial federalism lay at the peripheries of the Empire in Dominions such as South Africa and Canada. This article argues that successive governments of the United Kingdom, the mother country of the Empire, proved to be the most consistent and determined opponents of Imperial federalist initiatives. This article will examine why the government of the United Kingdom acted as the leading opponent of most federal proposals involving constitutional reform. This analysis will also assess the importance of law and popular perceptions of legal tradition in attacking federal schemes throughout the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland University College Dublin: Research Repository UCD Canada New Zealand Comparative Legal History 4 2 131 161 |
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Imperial federation was a movement in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that sought to turn the British Empire into a global federal state. It focused on the self-governing parts of the Empire that included the United Kingdom and the Dominions of Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland. The unofficial motto of the Imperial federalists was ‘federate or disintegrate’. Many argue that the European Union of today is facing a similar choice. This article will examine Imperial federalist proposals for constitutional reform in the legislative, executive and judicial spheres. It might be expected that the main centres of opposition to Imperial federalism lay at the peripheries of the Empire in Dominions such as South Africa and Canada. This article argues that successive governments of the United Kingdom, the mother country of the Empire, proved to be the most consistent and determined opponents of Imperial federalist initiatives. This article will examine why the government of the United Kingdom acted as the leading opponent of most federal proposals involving constitutional reform. This analysis will also assess the importance of law and popular perceptions of legal tradition in attacking federal schemes throughout the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
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The United Kingdom and Imperial federation, 1900 to 1939: a precedent for British legal relations with the European Union? |
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The United Kingdom and Imperial federation, 1900 to 1939: a precedent for British legal relations with the European Union? |
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The United Kingdom and Imperial federation, 1900 to 1939: a precedent for British legal relations with the European Union? |
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The United Kingdom and Imperial federation, 1900 to 1939: a precedent for British legal relations with the European Union? |
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Comparative Legal History 2049-677X http://hdl.handle.net/10197/10559 4 2 131 161 doi:10.1080/2049677X.2016.1243903 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Comparative Legal History on 15 November 20146, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/2049677X.2016.1243903 |
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