The evolving Canadian crown

Introduction / Jennifer Smith

The Crown in the provinces : Canada's compound monarchy / D. Michael Jackson and Lynda M. Haverstock

Myth and misunderstanding : the origins and meaning of the letters patent constituting the office of the Governor General, 1947 / Christopher McCreery

The Crown and the constitution : sustaining democracy? / David E. Smith

The constitutional role of the Governor General / Patrick J. Monahan

The reserve powers of the Crown : The 2008 prorogation in hindsight / Andrew Heard

Written reasons and codified conventions in matters of prorogation and dissolution / Robert E. Hawkins

State ceremonial : the constitutional Monarch's liturgical authority / Paul Benoit

Crown and Honours : Getting it Right / Christopher McCreery

The honour of the first nations -the honour of the Crown : the unique relationship of First Nations with the Crown / David Arnot

Crown in comparative perspective

The Australian monarchy in the twenty-first century / Peter Boyce

"The Crown down under": issues and trends in Australia and New Zealand / Noel Cox

Reflections on the "Canadianization" of the Crown: a modest proposal / Jacques Monet

Royal assent : a time for clarity / Hugh Segal

The Crown and prime ministerial government or the slow withering of the monarchical institution / Serge Joyal.