This book examines the royal prerogative in terms of its theory, history and application today. The work explores the development of the royal prerogative through the evolution of imperial government, and more recent structural changes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. While examining specific prerogative powers, the development of justiciability of the prerogative, and the exercise of the prerogative, it lays bare the heart of constitutionality in the Westminster system of government. There is said to be a black hole of unaccountable authority at the heart of the constitution and it is this which this book examines. The focus is upon the constitutional development of the United Kingdom and the old dominions of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This approach is comparative and historical, using specific case studies of such events as the dissolution of Parliament and the appointment and dismissal of Prime Ministers. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of Constitutional Law and Politics.

The development of new forms of ministry, lay and ordained, has included worker-priests, now found in the Anglican Communion in a related form variously called Self-Supporting Ministry (SSM) or Non-Stipendiary Ministry (NSM). This book focuses on one of the most recent developments, the creation of Ordained Local Ministry. After chapters that consider preliminary questions of the nature of ministry, such as authority in the church and Holy Orders, Noel Cox argues that the crucial distinction between these and other forms of ministry is that the Ordained Local Minister (OLM) is overtly ordained specifically for a given locality (variously defined); they are a deacon or priest for a specific church, parish, benefice, or deanery, rather than of the universal church. Their introduction inevitably raises difficult ecclesiological questions, which Cox examines.

This book examines the royal prerogative in terms of its theory, history and application today. The work explores the development of the royal prerogative through the evolution of imperial government, and more recent structural changes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. While examining specific prerogative powers, the development of justiciability of the prerogative, and the exercise of the prerogative, it lays bare the heart of constitutionality in the Westminster system of government. There is said to be a black hole of unaccountable authority at the heart of the constitution and it is this which this book examines. The focus is upon the constitutional development of the United Kingdom and the old dominions of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This approach is comparative and historical, using specific case studies of such events as the dissolution of Parliament and the appointment and dismissal of Prime Ministers. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of Constitutional Law and Politics.

The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes. This book explores aspects of technology's relationship with law and government, and in particular the effects changing technology has had on constitutional structures and upon business. Part I examines the legal normative influence of constitutional structures and political theories. It focuses on the interrelationship between laws and legal procedure with technology and the effect technology can have on the legal environment. Part II discusses the relationship between government and technology both at the national and international level. The author argues that technology must be contextualized within a constitution and draws on historical and contemporary examples to illustrate how technology has both shaped civilizations and been the product of its political and constitutional environment.

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states. It contributes to the literature in the field by focussing on how constitutional flexibility may have led to the rise of 'successful' states and to the decline of 'unsuccessful' states, by promoting stability. Divided into two parts, the book considers theories of the rise and fall of civilizations and individual states, explains the concept of hard and soft constitutions and applies this concept to different types of state models. A series of international case studies in the second part of the book identifies the key dynamics in legal, political and economic history and includes the UK, US, New Zealand and Eastern Europe.

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states. It contributes to the literature in the field by focussing on how constitutional flexibility may have led to the rise of 'successful' states and to the decline of 'unsuccessful' states, by promoting stability. Divided into two parts, the book considers theories of the rise and fall of civilizations and individual states, explains the concept of hard and soft constitutions and applies this concept to different types of state models. A series of international case studies in the second part of the book identifies the key dynamics in legal, political and economic history and includes the UK, US, New Zealand and Eastern Europe.

This is a collection of refereed journal articles on various topics in the field of constitutional law. The papers contained in this collection present the fruits of research in the field of constitutional law, with an emphasis upon the Crown. The principal line of papers presented consider the Crown as a theoretical foundation for government. The starting point for this is an exploration of the vexed question of the usurpation of government. The papers then turn to a more detailed examination of the form of the Crown. The first is a look at the law regulating the succession to the Crown. The focus of the papers then turns from the position of the Crown to its powers. In particular, the focus of a number of papers is on the royal prerogative of honours. The papers then begin a review of the contemporary constitutional position of selected elements of the royal prerogative of honour and of dignities law. The first paper is on the peerage. The next papers discuss the on-going debate in heraldic circles in the Commonwealth as to the respective heraldic jurisdictions. This relies heavily upon arguments based on the way in which New Zealand acquired its legal system from the United Kingdom. The collection concludes with a series of papers on broader topics, including public policy in relation to succession, the notaries profession, and copyright in legislation. The aim of the collection is to bring together a number of papers dealing with aspects, broad and narrow, of the contemporary constitution.

In 2006 Professor Noel Cox, an academic lawyer, spent four months in the United Kingdom on sabbatical. He also went to central Europe and North Africa on holiday, and spent some weeks on holiday in the UK. The book is from the edited diaries he kept during those months, giving a vivid account of his experiences visiting places old and new. Highlights include the Roman ruins at Leptis Magna - which, before the fall of the Libyan dictator Gaddafi, had few tourists visiting - and the cathedrals and palaces of Hungary.

The technological revolution affecting the global economy has profound implications not merely for society, but also for global and national legal systems. This work short considers the nature of the constitutional responses to paradigmatic shifts in technology. It considers the nature of constitutions and of their relationship with technology. It then proceeds to briefly examine several seminal technological changes in the past, in order to identify common elements in relation to constitutions and technology. It then looks at several contemporary technological revolutions, with a similar purpose. Finally, it seeks to draw some common themes from these examples, with the intention of identifying some lessons to guide law and policy-makers.

This is a collection of refereed journal articles, book chapters, and other published work, primarily in the fields of constitutional law, ecclesiastical law and legal history. They constitute the latest tranche of articles to be republished in monograph form. This is the first part.

This is a small selection of sermons, listed by Scriptural topic, or theme, written by the Reverend Professor Noel Cox, between 2009 and 2013.

Though our use of reflection differs, both according to our needs and to the circumstances of the time, they have, at their core, some common elements. These include the deliberate or instinctive application of scripturally-based teachings to the facts of a particular problem. Whilst we cannot know for certain how Jesus might have acted in any given circumstances, scripture gives us sufficient guidance to allow us to have some idea of how Our Lord would have acted. Reflecting on how Jesus Christ would have responded to the sorts of human problems we face daily is one of the major challenges for Christians, today as much as two thousand years ago.

This is a collection of refereed journal articles, book chapters, and other published work, primarily in the fields of constitutional law, ecclesiastical law and legal history. They constitute the latest tranche of articles to be republished in monograph form. This is the second part.

This is a collection of commentaries and essays on the majority of the novels, and many of the short stories, of the Victorian and Edwardian novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard. Haggard is best known as the author of "She" and "King Solomon's Mines." He was not only an accomplished story teller, but also a public servant of note and an agricultural reformer.

In the early part of 2007 The Law Society of Kenya, through the Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector Reform Programme ("GJLOS") of Kenya, undertook a review of the disciplinary machinery of the legal profession. This work, conducted by a team of consultants, was intended, inter alia, to review progress since the 2002 "Review of the Effectiveness of the Disciplinary Committee of The Law Society of Kenya and the Complaints Commission" by Mr. Mark Stobbs of the International Bar Association. This book is the result. Although the purpose of the project was to identify means of strengthening the disciplinary processes of the Kenya bar, its application is broader. There are generic and universal principles of good practice which are applicable in all countries and in more professions than just the legal profession. One difficulty faced by the consultants was to identify processes that reflected good practice and also were workable in the environment in which they were placed. This involved consideration of social, political and economic aspects of the environment. One of the major challenges facing the world today is the relative fragility of democracy, transparency, and the rule of law in many countries. This report, though intended for the benefit of Kenya, is a rich resource for other countries that might wish to review the disciplinary mechanisms for their legal professions, or other learned professions.

This is a collection of essays on aspects of contemporary ecclesiastical law. The focus is upon the law of the Anglican Communion, especially the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Throughout these essays, all previously published in refereed academic journals - and in one case as a book chapter - aspects of ecclesiastical law are explored. These include questions of church-state relations, the internal governance of the church, and the legal framework of doctrine and ecclesiology. Each of the eleven essays contributes to the understanding of the nature of the law of the church in the twentieth century. This era has been described as post-Christian, but even if this is so, the need to understand the basis of the law of the church is as important today as much as a hundred years ago. One of the greatest challenges for the universal church is how to engage with the wider world, whilst remain true both to scripture, teaching and tradition. This continual search for a place in the world is at the heart of the Christian church; it is in the world yet not of the world. The attempts at navigating this difficult course have been marked by a varying degree of success; the Anglican Communion, of which the author is a priest, as well as a canon lawyer and an academic, is particularly troubled by the conflicting concerns of liberalism and orthodoxy. The ordination of women, practising homosexuals, and the blessing of same-sex relationships, which has exercised the Anglican Communion, has created divisions within the church, and caused tensions with the other parts of the church, especially the Roman Catholic Church and eastern orthodoxy.

You are a dynamic centre in an infinite ocean of energy. The entire Universe is ONE ENERGY of infinite love and intelligence that responds to your THOUGHTS and FEELINGS. The ONE ENERGY BEING is constantly BECOMING into form and out of form. The movement of atoms and particles, just like that of the planets, results from internal forces of attraction/repulsion - one is the feminine principle of desire the other the masculine principle of will. This kind of affinity and antipathy runs throughout nature dancing in eternal rhythm, vibrating throughout the entire Universe. In BEING AND BECOMING: THE ART OF MENTAL TRANSFORMATION, Noel Cox, teaches you how to transform your mind and conditions by working with the One Energy that constitutes the Universe. You will learn to use love, focus of attention and imagination to BE and BECOME all you could dream of. Magusmind.com Press Discover the wonders in your mind

The twentieth century saw the evolution of the former British Empire into a collection of independent countries. Many of these retain the Sovereign of the United Kingdom as their Queen. Using New Zealand as an example, this book examines the development of the Crown as a distinct constitutional entity. The concept of the Crown has often been of greater importance than the person of the Sovereign, or that of the Governor-General. The existence of the Crown has also contributed to, rather than impeded, the independence of New Zealand, and other realms, through the division of imperial prerogative powers. The very physical absence of the Sovereign, and the all-pervading nature of the legal concept of the Crown, have also contributed to development of that institution as a truly national organ of government. In New Zealand in particular this has been encouraged by conceptual confusion over the symbolism and identity of the Crown. The book is of value to students and researchers in constitutional law and history, indigenous rights and post-colonialism, and comparative politics.

"It's All In Your Mind" is a practical easy to use guidebook to harnessing the power of your mind. By mastering the simple techniques outlined in this work you shall not only gain complete control of your circumstances, you will learn to create the extraordinary quality of life you desire and deserve. It contains a unique combination of principles and techniques in psychology, philosophy and spiritualism distilled to their simplest form and blended into a potent mix.