ABSTRACT
THE difficulties existing in England and the Dominions include the following:
It is not certain to what extent, and under what conditions, the Sovereign or his representative possesses the right to refuse a dissolution of Parliament to Ministers.
The power of dismissal of Ministers possessing the confidence of the majority of the popular Assembly is not precisely ascertained.
The power of the Crown or its representative to insist upon a dissolution against the will of Parliament and Ministers alike, a power connected with 2, is also undefined.
The conditions of the exercise of the prerogative of appointments of Peers in the United Kingdom cannot be precisely stated.
The ultimate right of the Sovereign or his representative to ‘Veto’, i.e. refuse assent to legislation, is still asserted to exist.
There is no clear understanding as to the precise constitutional relation between the Prime Minister or Premier on the one hand, and other Ministers on the other.
