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Role of British Monarch during Constitutional Crises
Kudrnová, Johana ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Rovná, Lenka (referee)
1 Abstract British monarch performs two roles in a relation to the land's form of government. These can be characterised as a dignified role and an efficient role. The latter is often sidelined even though it is undoubtedly more important in terms of potential impact on state functioning. British monarch remains the head of the executive, part of the legislature and source of the judiciary even in the 21st century. He performs his residual powers by means of so called royal prerogatives. The fact that development of constitutional convention delegated these prerogatives to the prime minister and other members of the Cabinet does not at the same time preclude a possibility of colision between the will of the monarch and the prime minister. This problem relates to the uniqueness of the British law system. Through the analysis of constitutional crises which occured between 1910-1911, 1913-1914 and in 1931 this thesis argues that the duty of the monarch to act strictly according to the advice of the prime minister is not exclusive. If the country was in an imminent danger the monarch would be allowed to act solely according to his own judgement even if this judgement was not shared by the prime minister.
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The End of Faith in Burning Lights in England: The Transformation of Britain's Position on the Czech Mental Map in 1938
Kudrnová, Johana ; Matějka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
Western orientation of the interwar Czechoslovak foreign policy was based on a longterm effort to extricate the territory from a German sphere of influence and on the circumstances of its formation in 1918. A generally accepted narration about the friendship of France and Britain resulted in a deep mental shock after the messages about the signing of the Munich Agreement reached Czechoslovakia on the 30th of September 1938. Consequently, Czechoslovakia reoriented itself towards East. The aim of this diploma thesis is to capture this sudden turn through an analysis of the British image in selected Czech journals. Britain is in this regard examined as one of two most important interwar allies of Czechoslovakia. Discoursive analysis is applied to articles appearing in three periodicals, which represent three interwar ideological groups. Namely, the diploma thesis works with Lidove noviny, which were constructing an image influenced by the foreign policy orientation of the Castle, Venkov, which acted as a press agency of the most powerful political party, and Rude pravo, whose editorial line was comparatively noncomformist and thus represents a desirable alternative.
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The End of Faith in Burning Lights in England: The Transformation of Britain's Position on the Czech Mental Map in 1938
Kudrnová, Johana ; Matějka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
Western orientation of the interwar Czechoslovak foreign policy was based on a longterm effort to extricate the territory from a German sphere of influence and on the circumstances of its formation in 1918. A generally accepted narration about the friendship of France and Britain resulted in a deep mental shock after the messages about the signing of the Munich Agreement reached Czechoslovakia on the 30th of September 1938. Consequently, Czechoslovakia reoriented itself towards East. The aim of this diploma thesis is to capture this sudden turn through an analysis of the British image in selected Czech journals. Britain is in this regard examined as one of two most important interwar allies of Czechoslovakia. Discoursive analysis is applied to articles appearing in three periodicals, which represent three interwar ideological groups. Namely, the diploma thesis works with Lidove noviny, which were constructing an image influenced by the foreign policy orientation of the Castle, Venkov, which acted as a press agency of the most powerful political party, and Rude pravo, whose editorial line was comparatively noncomformist and thus represents a desirable alternative.
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Role of British Monarch during Constitutional Crises
Kudrnová, Johana ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Rovná, Lenka (referee)
1 Abstract British monarch performs two roles in a relation to the land's form of government. These can be characterised as a dignified role and an efficient role. The latter is often sidelined even though it is undoubtedly more important in terms of potential impact on state functioning. British monarch remains the head of the executive, part of the legislature and source of the judiciary even in the 21st century. He performs his residual powers by means of so called royal prerogatives. The fact that development of constitutional convention delegated these prerogatives to the prime minister and other members of the Cabinet does not at the same time preclude a possibility of colision between the will of the monarch and the prime minister. This problem relates to the uniqueness of the British law system. Through the analysis of constitutional crises which occured between 1910-1911, 1913-1914 and in 1931 this thesis argues that the duty of the monarch to act strictly according to the advice of the prime minister is not exclusive. If the country was in an imminent danger the monarch would be allowed to act solely according to his own judgement even if this judgement was not shared by the prime minister.
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