ABSTRACT
Under the constitution of the United Kingdom, all actions of government are undertaken in the name of the Crown. Any account of the prerogative is an account of power, and the prerogative, historically and contemporarily, concerns the power of the Crown. The constitutional questions requiring answer include those relating to the relationship between statute and prerogative and the control, judicial or political, of the prerogative. The most significant question which continues to intrigue and concern constitutional theorists relates to the very existence and scope of the powers themselves, together with the constitutional implications of this ill-defined reservoir of power. Before examining the nature, scope and constitutional significance of the prerogative, some examples are necessary to indicate the areas of power which fall under the prerogative. Under the United Kingdom’s unwritten constitution, there exists no formal and agreed text as to the prerogative.
